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Menticirrhus littoralis
(gcide) | Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From White.]
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1. (Zool.)
(a) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of
the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
(b) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to
the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
(c) Any one of several species of North American marine
sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus
Menticirrhus, especially Menticirrhus Americanus,
found from Maryland to Brazil, and {Menticirrhus
littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called
also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
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Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the
kingfish
(a), the sailor's choice
(b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake
whitefishes.
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2. 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 pollack. (Zool.) Same as Pollack.
Whiting pout (Zool.), the bib, 2.
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menticirrhus littoralis
(wn) | Menticirrhus littoralis
n 1: a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
of the United States [syn: silver whiting, {Menticirrhus
littoralis}] |
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menticirrhus littoralis
(wn) | Menticirrhus littoralis
n 1: a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
of the United States [syn: silver whiting, {Menticirrhus
littoralis}] |
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