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WHITING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
Synonyms:
Gadus merlangus; Merlangus merlangus; whiting
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):
gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)
Meronyms (parts of "whiting"):
whiting (flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe)
Holonyms ("whiting" is a member of...):
genus Merlangus; Merlangus (whitings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Found off Atlantic coast of North America
Synonyms:
Merluccius bilinearis; silver hake; whiting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):
hake (any of several marine food fishes related to cod)
Meronyms (parts of "whiting"):
whiting (flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):
sciaenid; sciaenid fish (widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound)
Meronyms (parts of "whiting"):
whiting (flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)
Holonyms ("whiting" is a member of...):
genus Menticirrhus; Menticirrhus (kingfishes; whiting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("whiting" is a member of...):
genus Sillago; Sillago (type genus of the Sillaginidae)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Holonyms ("whiting" is a part of...):
Merluccius bilinearis; silver hake; whiting (found off Atlantic coast of North America)
whiting (any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Holonyms ("whiting" is a part of...):
Gadus merlangus; Merlangus merlangus; whiting (a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus)
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