Crail's capon

Crail's capon
a dried haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus, Gadidae). See also capon

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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  • capon — 1) a castrated cock, fattened for the table 2) a red herring or other kinds of fish (slang). See Crail s capon, Glasgow capon, Severn capon, and Yarmouth capon 3) called a fish out of the coop by monks who wished to evade the Friday fast by… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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