Definition of Greenling

1. Noun. Food fish of the northern Pacific.


Definition of Greenling

1. Noun. Any of various foodfishes, of the family ''Hexagrammidae'', of the northern Pacific ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Greenling

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenling

greenish blue
greenish yellow
greenishly
greenishness
greenishnesses
greenism
greenkeeper
greenkeepers
greenkeeping
greenlet
greenlets
greenlight
greenlighted
greenlighting
greenlights
greenling (current term)
greenlings
greenlit
greenly
greenmail
greenmailed
greenmailer
greenmailers
greenmailing
greenmails
greenmarket
greenmarkets
greenness
greennesses
greenockite

Literary usage of Greenling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... the common greenfish of Alaska, and the greenling Hexagrammes stellen, are also well-known species. Close to the latter species is the Abura ..."

2. Alameda County, Its Industries and Environsby Alameda County (Calif.) by Alameda County (Calif.) (1904)
"... Boccacio, red, black, green, banded and speckled, Skil fish, greenling, Blue- spotted greenling, Sea Trout, Cultus Cod, Blanquillo, Kelp fish, Pollack, ..."

3. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"H. steuert, the common greenling, ranges from Kamchatka to San Francisco. It is abundant about Victoria and in Puget Sound, where it is caught in ..."

4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"GREEN-HORN. An inexperienced youth. Greya-horae, the name of an ox, occurs in the Towneley Mysteries, p. 8. GREEN-LAND. Pasture land. South. greenling. ..."

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