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MERLANGUS MERLANGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Merlangus merlangus mean?
• MERLANGUS MERLANGUS (noun)
The noun MERLANGUS MERLANGUS has 1 sense:
1. a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
Familiarity information: MERLANGUS MERLANGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gadus merlangus; Merlangus merlangus; whiting
Hypernyms ("Merlangus merlangus" is a kind of...):
gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)
Meronyms (parts of "Merlangus merlangus"):
whiting (flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe)
Holonyms ("Merlangus merlangus" is a member of...):
genus Merlangus; Merlangus (whitings)
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