whiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ
Forms: form: whitings
form: whiting
Etymology: 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”).
Senses: glosses: A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
glosses: Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
in family Gadidae:
Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
glosses: Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
in family Gadidae:
Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
glosses: Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
in family Gadidae:
A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
in family Gadidae:
A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
glosses: Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
glosses: Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
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: taxonomic: Sillago vittata
word: banded whiting
taxonomic: Sillago flindersi
word: Bass Strait whiting
taxonomic: Sillago vittata
word: bastard whiting
taxonomic: Micromesistius potassou
word: blue whiting
alt: Menticirrus alburnus
word: bullhead whiting
taxonomic: Menticirrhus americanus
word: Carolina whiting
taxonomic: Sillago maculata
word: diver whiting
taxonomic: Sillago flindersi
word: eastern school whiting
taxonomic: Malacanthus brevirostris
word: false whiting
taxonomic: Sillago flindersi
word: Flinders' sillago
taxonomic: Sillago vittata
word: golden whiting
taxonomic: Sillago japonica
word: Japanese whiting
taxonomic: Sillaginodes punctatus
word: King George whiting
taxonomic: Menticirrhus americanus
word: king whiting
taxonomic: Menticirrhus saxatilis
word: northern king whiting
taxonomic: Sillago sihama
word: northern whiting
taxonomic: Merluccius productus
word: Pacific whiting
taxonomic: Sillago flindersi
word: redspot whiting
taxonomic: Odacidae spp.
word: rock whiting
taxonomic: Sillago ciliata
word: sand whiting
taxonomic: Sillago spp.
word: school whiting
taxonomic: Menticirrhus littoralis
word: silver whiting
taxonomic: Sillago bassensis
word: southern school whiting
taxonomic: Sillaginodes punctatus
word: spotted whiting
taxonomic: Menticirrhus littoralis
word: surf whiting
taxonomic: Sillago bassensis
word: trawl whiting
taxonomic: Sillago maculata
word: trumpeter whiting
taxonomic: Sillago vittata
word: western school whiting
word: whiting-mop
taxonomic: Sillago maculata
word: winter whiting