whiting

whit·ing ¹  (hwtng, w-)

n.

A pure white grade of chalk that has been ground and washed for use in paints, ink, and putty.

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[Middle English whityng, from whiten, to whiten, from white, white; see white.]

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whiting [white-ing]

Noun

1. a white-fleshed food fish of European seas Austral

2. any of several marine food fishes

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus, whiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	3.	whiting - a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes genus Sillago, Sillago - type genus of the Sillaginidae
	4.	whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters sciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound genus Menticirrhus, Menticirrhus - kingfishes; whiting kingfish - any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus - whiting of the southeastern coast of North America Menticirrhus saxatilis, northern whiting - whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus - bluish-grey whiting of California coast Menticirrhus littoralis, silver whiting - a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
	5.	whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake hake - any of several marine food fishes related to cod whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
	6.	whiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae genus Merlangus, Merlangus - whitings whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

Translations

whiting [ˈwaɪtɪŋ] n (pl inv) (fish) → pescadilla

whiting [ˈwaɪtɪŋ] n (pl inv) (= fish); merlan m

whiting [ˈwaɪtɪŋ] n inv (fish) → Weißling m

whiting [ˈwaɪtɪŋ] n (pl inv) → merlango

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whiting

n whiting [ˈwaitiŋ]

a type of small fish related to the cod. klein vissie غُبَر: نوع من السَّمَك вид дребна морска риба treska hvilling der Weißfisch είδος μπακαλιάρου pescadilla hõbeheik ماهى نرم باله خوراکى valkoturska merlan דַג הַקֶרֶס खड़िया मिट्टी pešmolj, merlan sárga tőkehal ikan kecil lÿsa; lÿsingur merlango, merlano たらの一種 민어과의 물고기 (plačiakrūtinis) merlangas ikan whitting; sejenis ikan kecil wijting hvitting !!witlinek pescada merlan мерланг belica, treska belica (sladkovodna riba); mol (morska riba) vrsta ribe vitling ปลาของยุโรปตระกูลปลาคอต mezgit 牙鱈(魚) мерлан ایک قسم کی سمندری مچھلی cá tuyết 牙鳕（鱼）