rockling
(ˈrɒklɪŋ)
[rock n.1 + -ling.]
A small gadoid fish of the genera Onos or Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), esp. the sea-loach or whistle-fish (R. cimbrius).
| 1602 Carew Cornwall 32 Of flat [fish there are] Brets, Turbets, Dories,..Cunna, Rockling, Cod, &c. a 1705 Ray Syn. Pisc. (1713) 164 Mustela marina vulgaris,..Rockling,..Whistle Fish. 1769 Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 164 Three bearded Cod, Rockling. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 186 Three-Bearded Rockling, Motella vulgaris. Ibid. 190 The Five-Bearded Rockling, Motella quinquecirrata. 1863 Couch Brit. Fishes III. 111 Four Bearded Rockling, Motella cimbria. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 107 Collection of Stuffed..Rockling, Broad-nosed Eel, &c. |