Meanings
plural tautogs
- 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 TimesSynonyms: blackfish, black porgy, oyster-fish, tog
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina (Tautoga onitis).
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
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Origin
- Narragansetttautauog
- Englishtautog
Borrowed from Narragansett tautauog, plural of taut.
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tautog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tautog
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