Cod·lin Cod·ling, n. (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple.
A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
Codling moth Zool., 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.
codling moth
n : a small gray moth whose larvae live in apples and English
walnuts [syn: codlin moth, Carpocapsa pomonella]