SINCE 1828
lingcod
noun
ling·cod
| \ ˈliŋ-ˌkäd
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Definition of lingcod
: a large often greenish-fleshed fish (Ophiodon elongatus) of the Pacific coast of North America that is an important food and sport fish and belongs to the same family as the greenlings
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Fishing the south jetty was good for lingcod on herring and anchovies. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Lake Tahoe is full, the Delta is dirty and several rivers close | The Sacramento Bee," 9 Apr. 2018 Research has shown that the whales will eat other fish — chum, coho, steelhead, halibut and lingcod. — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, "Struggling orcas heavily rely on urban chinook from Seattle-area rivers, new analysis shows," 24 July 2018 Rockfish: Sea Wolf out of Emeryville at 300 rockfish (limits) and 60 lingcod (limits) for 30 people. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Chart-buster times: salmon to whales, bears to bighorns," 8 July 2018 Sea Wolf and Tigerfish running outside to load up on limits of rockfish and lingcod counts ranging from half a fish per rod to full limits. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Striper action takes off near Colusa and on Feather River | The Sacramento Bee," 23 Apr. 2018 Sea Wolf ran through the Golden Gate and made mincemeat of rockfish and lingcod at the Farallones. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Sacramento River sees plenty of stripers and shad | The Sacramento Bee," 30 Apr. 2018 Potluck: California Dawn out of Berkeley had 72 striped bass (limits), 47 halibut for 36 people; New Huck Finn out of Emeryville at 62 striped bass (limits), six halibut, 35 rockfish and two lingcod for 31 people. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Chart-buster times: salmon to whales, bears to bighorns," 8 July 2018 Local shore fishing was exceptionally good for kelp greenling, rockfish, cabezon and an occasional lingcod. — sacbee, "Fishing Line: Week of March 19 | The Sacramento Bee," 20 Mar. 2018 Pete and Riptide fished for rockfish and lingcod, enjoying good luck at places like Deep Reef and San Gregorio. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Striper action takes off near Colusa and on Feather River | The Sacramento Bee," 23 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lingcod.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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