codling

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cod=ling

CIDE DICTIONARY

codling, n. [Cf. AS. codæppel a quince.].

 An apple fit to stew or coddle.  [1913 Webster]
"A codling when 't is almost an apple."  [1913 Webster]

Codling moth (Zoöl.), 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.

codling, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.].

 A young cod; also, a hake.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

codling, n. (also codlin)
1 any of several varieties of cooking-apple, having a long tapering shape.
2 a small moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larva of which feeds on apples.

Idiom

codlings-and-cream the great willow-herb, Epilobium angustifolium.

codling, n. a small codfish.

ROGET THESAURUS

codling

Infant

N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.