whiting
nounEtymology From Middle English whityng, whytyng, perhaps an alteration of Old English hwītling (“whiting”), remodelled after white + -ing (diminutive suffix). Related to the colour white. Cognate with Dutch wijting (“whiting”), Old Norse hvítingr (“a kind of whale”).
7 senses
- 1A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar…
- 2Any of several marine fish found in North American…
- 3Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
- 4A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish…
- 5A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a…
- 6in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting…
- 7in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina…
A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
› Any fish of many species that resemble… › in family Gadidae:
US Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
Canada Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
- Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:
› Any fish of many species that resemble…
in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- Derived terms
30 terms
banded whiting, Bass Strait whiting, bastard whiting, blue whiting, bullhead whiting, Carolina whiting, diver whiting, eastern school whiting, false whiting, Flinders' sillago, golden whiting, Japanese whiting, King George whiting, king whiting, northern king whiting, northern whiting, Pacific whiting, redspot whiting, rock whiting, sand whiting, school whiting, silver whiting, southern school whiting, spotted whiting, surf whiting, trawl whiting, trumpeter whiting, western school whiting, whiting-mop, winter whiting