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tautaug

tautaug is the alternative form of tautog.

Meaning of tautog

Noun

tautog (plural tautogs)

  1. A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina (Tautoga onitis).
    • The fish he found were nothing unusual: cunner and tautog, small fish generally found around pilings or rocky shores, and one weakfish.2007 August 22, Ellen Barry, James Estrin, “Like Ducks and Penguins, With Nervous Stomachs”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    blackfish, black porgy, oyster-fish, tog

Forms of tautaug

pluraltautaugs

Questions about tautaug

What is tautaug the alternative form of?
Tautaug is the alternative form of tautog.

Words near tautaug in the dictionary

  1. taut hand
  2. taut hands
  3. taut-
  4. taut-line hitch
  5. taut-line hitches
  6. tautaug
  7. tautaugs
  8. tauted
  9. tautegorical
  10. tauten
  11. tautened

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