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Definition: Coregonus clupeiformis
Whitefish
\White"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of
Coregonus, a genus of
excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit
the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and
Europe. The largest and most important American species
(
Coregonus clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great
Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also
lake whitefish, and
Oswego bass.
(b) The menhaden.
(c) The beluga, or white whale.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as
the silver salmon, the whiting
(a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish
(
Pomatomus saltatrix).
[1913 Webster]
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