Hypertext Webster Gateway: "codling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a
quince.]
(a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
(b) An immature apple.
A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
{Codling moth} (Zo["o]l.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa
Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple
worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the
crop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
A young cod; also, a hake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
{Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake
is {M. vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting is {M.
bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and {P.
tenius}) are important food fishes, and are also valued for
their oil and sounds. Called also {squirrel hake}, and
{codling}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
codling
n : young codfish
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