codling

Plural: codlings

Noun

• A small, immature codfish, or an unripe apple.
• young codfish
• A young small cod.
• A hake (cod-related food fish), notably from the genus Urophycis.
• A small, immature apple
• Any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking

Verb

• present participle and gerund of codle

Examples

• He was pleased to use CODLING for a high score, a word his opponent hadn’t considered.