codling
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English
Definitions
noun
- A young small cod.
- A hake (cod-related food fish), notably from the genus Urophycis.
verb
- To treat gently or with great care.
- To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
- To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
noun
- A small, immature apple
- Any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking
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Synonyms
simmercossetpamperpossetspoilmothhakemothscodletpoor-johnpodleycultus codkeelingcodfishshore codcodfishercodfisherycodfisherman