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Definition of Merlangus
1. Noun. Whitings.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gadidae, Gadidae
Member holonyms: Gadus Merlangus, Merlangus Merlangus, Whiting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merlangus
Literary usage of Merlangus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"merlangus, Have the same number of fins as the cods, but are destitute of barbels.
Gadus merlangus, Lin., Bloch 65. (the whiting). ..."
2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"We regret not having had more perfect specimens of the pollack, to which was
affixed the name of merlangus PRODUCTUS, SYN.—merlangus productus, AYRES ..."
3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"... Pollack (merlangus Pollachius, Cuv.)]. It is very much like a cod ; and has
a sound which divides at the top. The anus is in the middle of the belly, ..."
4. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"THE WHITING (Gadus merlangus} Is seldom more than twelve inches in length, and
of a slender and tapering form. The scales are small and fine. ..."
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