|  whiting 
 
 1. flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
 • Hypernyms:
 saltwater fish
 • Part Holonyms:
 Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
 2. flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
 • Hypernyms:
 saltwater fish
 • Part Holonyms:
 silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis
 3. a small fish of the genus Sillago;
 excellent food fish
 • Hypernyms:
 percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
 • Member Holonyms:
 Sillago, genus Sillago
 4. any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
 • Hypernyms:
 sciaenid fish, sciaenid
 • Hyponyms:
 kingfish, king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus, northern whiting, Menticirrhus saxatilis,
 corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus, silver whiting, Menticirrhus littoralis
 • Member Holonyms:
 Menticirrhus, genus Menticirrhus
 5. found off Atlantic coast of North America
 • Syn:
 silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis
 • Hypernyms:
 hake
 6. a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod;
 sometimes placed in genus Gadus
 • Syn:
 Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
 • Hypernyms:
 gadoid, gadoid fish
 • Member Holonyms:
 Merlangus, genus Merlangus
 
 
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