cultus-cod
(ˈkʌltəsˌkɒd)
[Chinook cultus ‘of little worth’, G. B. Goode.]
A chiroid fish (Ophiodon elongatus), an important article of food on the Pacific coast of North America.
| 1884 Rep. U.S. Fishery Commission 267. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 270 The Cultus Cod is universally called ‘Cod-fish’ where the true cod is unknown. About Puget Sound the English call it ‘Ling’. |