whiting
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Noun (6)
- flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of EuropeType of saltwater fishPart of Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
- flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North AmericaType of saltwater fishPart of silver hake
- a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fishType of percoid fish, percoidMember of Sillago, genus Sillago
- any of several food fishes of North American coastal watersType of sciaenid fish, sciaenidKinds corbina, northern whiting, silver whiting, kingfish, king whitingMember of Menticirrhus, genus Menticirrhus
- found off Atlantic coast of North AmericaSynonyms: silver hakeMerluccius bilinearisType of hake
- a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus GadusSynonyms: Merlangus merlangusGadus merlangusType of gadoid, gadoid fishMember of Merlangus, genus Merlangus
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: From White.
1. Zoology (a) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; — called also fittin. (b) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; — called also silver hake. (c) Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially Menticirrhus Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and Menticirrhus littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; — called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
☞ Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes.
2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
Whiting pollack. Zoology Same as Pollack. — Whiting pout Zoology, the bib, 2.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54