whitefish

white·fish  (hwtfsh, wt-)

n. pl. whitefish or white·fish·es

1.

a. Any of various chiefly North American freshwater food fishes of the genus Coregonus, having a generally white or silvery color.

b. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the lake herring, whiting, or menhaden.

2. See beluga.

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whitefish [ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any herring-like salmonoid food fish of the genus Coregonus and family Coregonidae, typically of deep cold lakes of the N hemisphere, having large silvery scales and a small head

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whitefish - any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	whitefish - flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere whitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food cisco, lake herring - cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
	3.	whitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii food fish - any fish used for food by human beings Coregonidae, family Coregonidae - soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae Coregonus clupeaformis, lake whitefish - found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska Coregonus artedi, lake herring, cisco - important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, round whitefish - a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia Prosopium williamsonii, Rocky Mountain whitefish - whitefish of the western United States and Canada whitefish - flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere

Translations

whitefish [ˈwaɪtfɪʃ] N (= species) → corégono m; (collectively) → pescado m magro, pescado m blanco