tautog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Narragansett tautauog, plural of taut.

Noun

tautog (plural tautogs)

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:
  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

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