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greenling

[ green-ling ]

noun

  1. any spiny-finned food fish of the genus Hexagrammos, of North Pacific coasts.


greenling

/ ˈɡːԱɪŋ /

noun

  1. any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Hexagrammidae of the North Pacific Ocean
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of greenling1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; green, -ling 1
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Like his father and grandfather before him, Mr. Wang, 53, made a living combing the Yellow Sea for flounder, herring, fat greenling and yellow croaker.

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Good lingcod baits are flounder, kelp greenling, horse herring or artificial scampi-type jigs.

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Olson’s Resort, Sekiu — Sept. 19: 22 boats with 57 anglers caught 93 coho, two black rockfish and seven kelp greenling; Sept. 21: 17 with 45 caught 71 coho.

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Good for mix of perch, flounder, lingcod, rockfish and kelp greenling off the Westport South Jetty.

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Good for perch and kelp greenling off the Westport South Jetty.

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