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Webster 1913 Edition
Frostfish
Frostˊfish′
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
The tomcod; – so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See
Tomcod
. (b)
The smelt.
[Local, U. S.]
(c)
A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (
Lepidotus
) valued as a food fish.