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Cockling vs Rockling - What's the difference?

cockling | rockling |

As nouns the difference between cockling and rockling

is that cockling is a young, small, or immature cock while rockling is any of various fishes of the lotidae family.

As a verb cockling

is .

cockling

English

Etymology 1

From .

Verb

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young, small, or immature cock.
  • *1725 , Sir Philip Sidney, The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney :
    • These cocklings cocker'd we bewail too late, When that we see our off-spring gaily bent, Women manwood, and men effeminate.
  • *1858 , The Knickerbocker: or, New-York monthly magazine - Volume 54 - Page 521:
    • Take warning in time, cocklings ; look sharp — but not in this direction, if you please.'
  • *1920 , The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography - Volume 44 - Page 74:
    • 'That ere our pretty Cocklings learn to crow, To pamper Lust they must to Market go?

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    rockling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various fishes of the Lotidae family.
  • Any of certain fishes from other families.

    • Derived terms

    * (Australian rockling) ((taxlink) from the (taxlink) family) * (fivebeard rockling) ((taxlink) from the Lotidae family) * (fourbeard rockling) ((taxlink) from the Lotidae family) * (shore rockling) ((taxlink) from the Gadidae family) * (three-bearded rockling) ((taxlink) from the Lotidae family)