noun.
A dark-colored, edible wrasse (Tautoga onitis) found along the North American Atlantic coast, having a blunt snout and a long dorsal fin.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A labroid fish, Tautoga americana or T. onitis, abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and highly esteemed for food. Also called blackfish and oyster-fish.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll.