rocklingn.1
/ˈrɒklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɑklɪŋ/ Any of several fishes of the genera Gaidropsarus, Enchelyopus (formerly Rhinonemus), and Ciliata (all in the family Lotidae), which are found on Atlantic coasts, typically in shallow water or tidal pools, and are elongated fishes with long dorsal and anal fins and barbels on the snout and chin.Frequently with distinguishing adjective specifying the number of barbels, as three-, four-, five-bearded, this number varying with the genus.Rocklings were often formerly placed in the genus Motella (Cuvier 1829).
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > rocklings > motella vulgaris (three-bearded rockling)
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > rocklings > rhinonemus cimbrius (four-bearded rockling)
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weasel-linga1682
sea-loach1686
whistle-fish1686
whistling fish1766
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > rocklings > ciliata mustela (five-bearded rockling)
rockling1602
weasel-linga1682
sea-loach1686
whistle-fish1686
whistling fish1766
weasel-fish1773
whistler1864
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 32 The coast is plentifully stored, both with those..& diuers other, as..Cunner, Rockling, Cod [etc.].
a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) ii. 164 Mustela marina vulgaris,..Rockling,..Whistle Fish.
1769 J. Berkenhout Outl. Nat. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland I. 71 Mustela. Whistle Fish, Rockling, or Sea Loach. A deep furrow in the anterior part of the back.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 201 Three Bearded Cod..Rockling.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 190 The Five-Bearded Rockling, Motella quinquecirrata.
1839 Analyst 9 164 Dr. Parnell's description of a new species of British fish, Motella cimbria, the four-bearded rockling, is illustrated.
1904 F. F. Aflalo Brit. Salt-water Fishes xiii. 263 The five-bearded rockling spawns during summer.
1956 Notes & Queries 201 125/2 The rock lings (Motella) are gadoids, placed by taxonomists between the deep-water ling and the cusk.
1995 A. Locke & S. C. Courtenay in M. Chadwick Water, Sci. & Public vii. 115/2 Species found in the bay included cunner,..four-bearded rockling and mackerel.
1999 Sea Angler May 104/1 We will explain how to build a scratching rig for plopping a bait into a gully at the bottom of the beach for rockling and pout.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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