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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tomcod

/(tŏm"kŏd`)/ · Tom·cod · IPA
01 n. A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United…
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    A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.(Zool.) Also: frostfish See: Frostfish