whiting, n.
(whitings)
(whitings)
a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
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Gadus merlangus Merlangus merlangus whiting
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part meronym
found off Atlantic coast of North America
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Merluccius bilinearis silver hake whiting
any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
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whiting
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kingfish
king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus
northern whiting, Menticirrhus saxatilis
corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus
silver whiting, Menticirrhus littoralis
part meronym
a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
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whiting
flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
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whiting
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flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
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whiting
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