tautog

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/tɔːˈtɒɡ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tô tog′, -tôg′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tau•tog  (tô tog′, -tôg′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fisha black food and game fish, Tautoga onitis, inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • Narragansett (English spelling, spelled) tautaũog, plural of taut
  • 1635–45, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tautog /tɔːˈtɒɡ/ n
  1. a large dark-coloured wrasse, Tautoga onitis, of the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean: used as a food fish
Etymology: 17th Century: from Narraganset tautauog, plural of tautau sheepshead
'tautog' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blackfish - chub - labrid

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