chogsetn.
/ˈtʃɒɡsɛt/, U.S. /ˈtʃɑɡˌsɛt/ U.S. regional (chiefly New England). Now rare.
A wrasse found in the western Atlantic, Tautogolabrus adspersus, which is greenish-grey with iridescent blue markings on the head.Also called cunner.
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1815 S. L. Mitchill in Trans. Lit. & Philos. Soc. N.Y. 1 402 The resemblance of the chogset to tautog is so striking, that he might be called a black-fish in miniature.
1862 R.I. Schoolmaster (Rhode Island Commissioner Public Schools) Sept. 282/1 With the tautog come the blue perch, or chogsets, swarming along the wharves.
1894 World (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 3/3 The..chogset is the bete noire of bottom fishermen in Buzzard's Bay.
1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 308 Chogset (Tautogolabrus adspersus).—This fish..is also called..‘nippers’.
1994 J. R. Quinn Wildlife Survivors iv. 95 The cunner, aka the choggie, chogset, sea perch, and bergall, reaches the length of about 15 inches in large individuals, though most are about half that size.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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