A large slender greenling (fish), which has large teeth and is greenish-brown with golden spots. It lives along the Pacific coast of North America, where it is a valuable commercial and sporting fish.
Ophiodon elongatus, family Hexagrammidae
Example sentencesExamples
- He poses next to his world record lingcod caught Friday about 80 miles south of Ninilchik.
- Close to 20% of the lingcod sold in the U.S. is imported from Canada; the rest comes from U.S. fisheries.
- Adult mail lingcod tend to be smaller than adult females; many of the larger lingcod are typically females.
- Despite the implications of its name, the lingcod does not belong to the cod family.
- A 60 pound lingcod was caught off the dock by a little boy trying to catch bullhead.