whiting

/ˈwaɪdɪŋ/

/ˈhwaɪdɪŋ/

/ˈwaɪtɪŋ/

Other forms: whitings

Definitions of whiting

1. noun

   a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
   synonyms: Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus

   type of:

   gadoid, gadoid fish

   a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
2. noun

   flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
   type of:

   saltwater fish

   flesh of fish from the sea used as food
3. noun

   flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
   type of:

   saltwater fish

   flesh of fish from the sea used as food
4. noun

   found off Atlantic coast of North America
   synonyms: Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake

   type of:

   hake

   any of several marine food fishes related to cod
5. noun

   any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
   types:

   kingfish

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

   Menticirrhus americanus, king whiting

   whiting of the southeastern coast of North America

   Menticirrhus saxatilis, northern whiting

   whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting

   Menticirrhus undulatus, corbina

   bluish-grey whiting of California coast

   Menticirrhus littoralis, silver whiting

   a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States

   type of:

   sciaenid, sciaenid fish

   widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
6. noun

   a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
   type of:

   percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

   any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes