Tautog

Origin

Narragansett tautauog, plural of taut.

Full definition of tautog

Noun

1. A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina ().
• 2007, August 22, Ellen Barry And James Estrin, Like Ducks and Penguins, With Nervous Stomachs, The fish he found were nothing unusual: cunner and tautog, small fish generally found around pilings or rocky shores, and one weakfish.

Synonyms

• (Tautoga onitis) blackfish, black porgy, oyster-fish