Found 2 items, similar to Menticirrhus Americanus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Menticirrhus americanus Menticirrhus americanus n : whiting of the southeastern coast of North America [syn: king whiting ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Menticirrhus Americanus Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From White.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin. (b) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake. (c) Any one of several species of North American marine sci[ae]noid 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. [1913 Webster] Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. [1913 Webster] 2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. [1913 Webster] Whiting pollack. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Pollack. Whiting pout (Zo["o]l.), the bib, 2. [1913 Webster]