1. n. (also codlin)
1. any of several varieties of cooking-apple, having a long tapering shape.
2 a small moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larva of which feeds on apples.
Phrases and idioms:
codlings-and-cream the great willow-herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
Etymology: ME f. AF quer de lion lion-heart 2. n. a small codfish.