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Webster 1913 Edition
Tautog
Tau-tog′
,Noun.
[The pl. of
taut
, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep’s heads
, and written by him tautaúog
.] (Zool.)
An edible labroid fish (
Haitula onitis
, or Tautoga onitis
) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish
, oyster fish
, salt-water chub
, and moll
. [Written also
tautaug
.]