Cod"lin (?), Cod"ling (?), n. [Cf. AS. codaeppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple.
A codling when 't is almost an apple.
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Codling moth Zool., a small moth (Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.
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Cod"ling, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] Zool. A young cod; also, a hake.
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