fingerling

noun

fin·​ger·​ling ˈfiŋ-gər-liŋ 

1

: a small fish especially up to one year of age

Striped bass were once found mainly on the East Coast. Around 1976, they were introduced into Elephant Butte Reservoir as 3-inch-long fingerlings.

—Buddy Mays

2

or fingerling potato : a small, narrow, elongated potato typically ranging in length from two to 5 inches (5 to 13 centimeters) when mature

With the beans and the tuna I like some potatoes, fingerlings that aren't too starchy.

—David Pasternack

Examples of fingerling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

New potatoes, red potatoes and fingerlings are all considered waxy potatoes. —Josie Goodrich, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023

In autumn 2022, the commission stocked 2-inch crappie fingerlings. —Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2023

In the spring of 2022, the commission stocked largemouth bass fingerlings. —Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2023

My favorite dish here is a quieter one: Dover sole meuniere, expertly cooked fish with almonds and brown butter, wonderfully sweet parsnip crema, broccolini, and more fingerlings. —Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023

Pickled fingerling potatoes and gremolata accompany the cheese. —Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2023

For eating on their own, pick small and waxy potatoes like fingerlings or baby Yukon Golds, which are creamy and smooth as opposed to starchy and floury like russets. —Ali Slagle, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023

If baby red potatoes or small fingerling potatoes are your favorites, give them the smash treatment and get the same creamy on the inside, crisp on the outside effect without slicing or dicing. —Casey Barber, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022

This regional dish is traditionally made with bone-in chicken, roasted fingerling potatoes, peas, oregano, garlic and white wine. —Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 24 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing fingerling

• fingerling potato