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Definition: Melangus vulgaris
Whiting
\Whit"ing\, n. [From
White.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Whiting pollack. (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Pollack.
Whiting pout (Zo["o]l.), the bib, 2.
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