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Definition of Whiting

1. Noun. Flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe.

2. Noun. Flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America.

3. Noun. A small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish.

4. Noun. Any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters.

5. Noun. Found off Atlantic coast of North America.

6. Noun. A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus.

Definition of Whiting

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

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

Definition of Whiting

1. Noun. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc. ¹

2. Noun. In full ''whiting'' tree. (see variant whitten). ¹

3. Noun. A fish, ''Merlangius merlangus'', similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic. ¹

4. Noun. Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including ''Merluccius bilinearis'' (the silver hake). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Whiting

1. a marine food fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Whiting

1. 1. 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. Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish, the sailor's choice, the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. 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. Whiting pollack. The bib. Origin: From White. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whiting

whitflaw whitflaws whith whither whithered whitherever whithering whithers whitherso whithersoever

whitherward whitier whities whitiest whitile whiting (current term) whiting-mop whiting out whitings whitish

whitishly whitishness whitlavia whitleather whitling whitlings whitlockite whitlockites whitlow whitlow-wort

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