WHITING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod
   • sometimes placed in genus Gadus
   Synonym(s)
   • Gadus merlangus (what does Gadus merlangus mean?)
   • Merlangus merlangus (what does Merlangus merlangus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) whiting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gadoid (what does gadoid mean?)
   • gadoid fish (what does gadoid fish mean?)
2. Meaning
   • found off Atlantic coast of North America
   Synonym(s)
   • Merluccius bilinearis (what does Merluccius bilinearis mean?)
   • silver hake (what does silver hake mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) whiting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hake (what does hake mean?)
3. Meaning
   • any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
   Hypernyms(s) whiting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sciaenid fish (what does sciaenid fish mean?)
   • sciaenid (what does sciaenid mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • kingfish (what does kingfish mean?)
   • king whiting (what does king whiting mean?)
   • Menticirrhus americanus (what does Menticirrhus americanus mean?)
   • northern whiting (what does northern whiting mean?)
   • Menticirrhus saxatilis (what does Menticirrhus saxatilis mean?)
   • corbina (what does corbina mean?)
   • Menticirrhus undulatus (what does Menticirrhus undulatus mean?)
   • silver whiting (what does silver whiting mean?)
   • Menticirrhus littoralis (what does Menticirrhus littoralis mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a small fish of the genus Sillago
   • excellent food fish
   Hypernyms(s) whiting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • percoid fish (what does percoid fish mean?)
   • percoid (what does percoid mean?)
   • percoidean (what does percoidean mean?)
5. Meaning
   • flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
   Hypernyms(s) whiting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • saltwater fish (what does saltwater fish mean?)
6. Meaning
   • flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
   Hypernyms(s) whiting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • saltwater fish (what does saltwater fish mean?)