Whiting (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural (especially collectively) whit·ing, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) whit·ings.
  1. a slender food fish of the genus Menticirrhus, of the croaker family, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America.
  2. the hake, Merluccius bilinearis.
  3. any of several European fishes of the cod family, especially Merlangus merlangus.
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  1. pure-white chalk (calcium carbonate) that has been ground and washed, used in making putty, whitewash, silver polish, etc.
noun
  1. an important gadoid food fish, Merlangius (or Gadus) merlangus, of European seas, having a dark back with silvery sides and underparts
  2. any of various similar fishes, such as Merluccius bilinearis, a hake of American Atlantic waters, and any of several Atlantic sciaenid fishes of the genus Menticirrhus
  3. any of several marine food fishes of the genus Sillago
  4. whiting pout another name for bib (def. 3)
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  1. white chalk that has been ground and washed, used in making whitewash, metal polish, etc
Whiting (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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