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rockling

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rock·ling  (rklng)
n. pl. rockling or rock·lings
Any of various small marine fishes of the family Gadidae, of North Atlantic coastal waters.
rockling [ˈrɒklɪŋ]
n pl -lings, -ling
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small gadoid fish of the genera Gaidropsarus, Ciliata, etc. (formerly all included in Motella), which have an elongated body with barbels around the mouth and occur mainly in the North Atlantic Ocean
[from rock1 + -ling1]
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Byline: SEA SCENE JOHN ATHERTON caught a good sized codling of 4lb 8oz, but he still needed rockling to win the Saltburn club's match.
John takes top prize by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Neil Evans beached a much smaller dogfish to add to the goby he had caught and take second prize with 370gm, while Debra Eidmans came third with 300gm from a rockling and a pouting.
Dogfish and ray hold key to Stevens' cash prize by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Fishing with lugworm on the hook, Ian added a dab, flounder and a rockling for 1550gms (3lb 6oz).
ANGLING: Brookes surfs to top by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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