Definition of "lingcod" [lingcod]

• A large, northern Pacific food fish (Ophiodon elongatus) related to the greenling. (noun)

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• "His favorite catch may have been something called a lingcod, "a really cool-looking fish that look like dragons and you have to drag them up from the bottom of the ocean.""
• "Not included in the marine bag limit are groundfish species such as lingcod, which has its own limit of two per day, and flatfish, like sole, flounder and sanddabs, which have a 25-fish daily limit."
• "Pacific Lingcod: When lingcod was found to be depleted in the Pacific Ocean in 1999, fisheries managers applied science-based measures to implement a 10-year rebuilding plan."