{ Cod″lin (?), Cod″ling (?) }, n. [Cf. AS. codæppel 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(Zoöl.), 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.