tautog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Narragansett tautauog, plural of taut.

Noun

tautog (plural tautogs)

1. A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina (Tautoga onitis).
   • 2007 August 22, Ellen Barry, James Estrin, “Like Ducks and Penguins, With Nervous Stomachs”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The fish he found were nothing unusual: cunner and tautog, small fish generally found around pilings or rocky shores, and one weakfish.

Synonyms

• (Tautoga onitis): blackfish, black porgy, oyster-fish, tog

References

• Tautoga onitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tautoga onitis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tautoga onitis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• tag out, tagout