codling

(käd′liŋ)

noun

Origin: earlier querdling, altered (infl. by suffix -ling) < Anglo-Fr querdelyon, lit., heart of lion

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noun

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Middle English querdlyng

Origin: , possibly from Anglo-Norman *querdelion, lionheart

Origin: : Old French cuer, heart; see courage

Origin: + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-)

Origin: + Old French lion, lion; see Lion

noun pl. codling codling or cod·lings

A young cod.

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