Australian English Meaning of whiting

Whiting

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Wordnet

whiting (n)

flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

found off Atlantic coast of North America

a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus

Webster

whiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of White

Webster

whiting (n.)

A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.

A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.

Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.

Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.

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Whiting

flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe, flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America, a sma

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whitile => Whitile, whitherward => in which direction, whithersoever => wherever, whither => whither, whitflaw => whitflaw,