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English Dictionary: codling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
codling
n
  1. young codfish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A young cod; also, a hake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[91]ppel a
      quince.]
      (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
      (b) An immature apple.
  
                     A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
  
      {Codling moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa
            Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple
            worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the
            crop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
      hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
      {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake
      is {M. vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting is {M.
      bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and {P.
      tenius}) are important food fishes, and are also valued for
      their oil and sounds. Called also {squirrel hake}, and
      {codling}.
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