Words Like WHITING

We have put together a list of words that are similar to WHITING.

2 Alternative Words Similar to whiting

1 Corbina Noun      Hyponym
2 Kingfish Noun      Hyponym

10 definitions of whiting

1 A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
2 A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
3 Any one of several species of North American marine sciænoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially Menticirrhus Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and Menticirrhus littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
4 Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
5 a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
6 any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
7 flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
8 found off Atlantic coast of North America
9 flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
10 a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
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