WHITING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whiting mean? 

• WHITING (noun)
  The noun WHITING has 6 senses:

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

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

3. a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

4. any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

5. found off Atlantic coast of North America

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

  Familiarity information: WHITING used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("whiting" is a part of...):

Gadus merlangus; Merlangus merlangus; whiting (a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("whiting" is a part of...):

Merluccius bilinearis; silver hake; whiting (found off Atlantic coast of North America)

whiting (any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("whiting" is a member of...):

genus Sillago; Sillago (type genus of the Sillaginidae)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):

sciaenid; sciaenid fish (widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound)

Meronyms (parts of "whiting"):

whiting (flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiting"):

kingfish (any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast)

king whiting; Menticirrhus americanus (whiting of the southeastern coast of North America)

Menticirrhus saxatilis; northern whiting (whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting)

corbina; Menticirrhus undulatus (bluish-grey whiting of California coast)

Menticirrhus littoralis; silver whiting (a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States)

Holonyms ("whiting" is a member of...):

genus Menticirrhus; Menticirrhus (kingfishes; whiting)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Found off Atlantic coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Merluccius bilinearis; silver hake; whiting

Hypernyms ("whiting" is a kind of...):

hake (any of several marine food fishes related to cod)

Meronyms (parts of "whiting"):

whiting (flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America)

Sense 6

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 ("whiting" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Meronyms (parts of "whiting"):

whiting (flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe)

Holonyms ("whiting" is a member of...):

genus Merlangus; Merlangus (whitings)