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tautogs

tautogs is the plural 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

Questions about tautogs

What is tautogs the plural of?
Tautogs is the plural of tautog.

Words near tautogs in the dictionary

  1. tautochrones
  2. tautochronous
  3. tautog
  4. tautogram
  5. tautograms
  6. tautogs
  7. tautoko
  8. tautologia
  9. tautologic
  10. tautological
  11. tautologically

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