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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.