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whiting

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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.

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

whit·ing 2  (hwtng, w-)
n. pl. whiting or whit·ings
1. A food fish (Merlangus merlangus) of European Atlantic waters, related to the cod.
2. Any of several marine food fishes of the genera Menticirrhus and Merluccius, including the corbina and the silver hake, of North American coastal waters.

[Middle English whitynge, from Middle Dutch wijting; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]

whiting [white-ing]
Noun
1. a white-fleshed food fish of European seas Austral
2. any of several marine food fishes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.whitingwhiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America
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.whitingwhiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
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

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 鳕(


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