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cod·ling (käd′liŋ)

noun pl. codling -·ling or codlings -·lings

  1. a young cod
  2. hake
codling2 definition

cod·ling (käd′liŋ)

noun

  1. a variety of elongated apple
  2. a small, unripe apple

Etymology: earlier querdling, altered (infl. by suffix -ling) < Anglo-Fr querdelyon, lit., heart of lion

Also codlin cod′·lin (-lin)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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