tautog

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tau=tog

CIDE DICTIONARY

tautog, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tautaúog.].

 An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tautog, n. a fish, Tautoga onitis, found off the Atlantic coast of N. America, used as food.

Etymology

Narraganset tautauog (pl.)