English noun: whitefish |
1. | whitefish (food) any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring |
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| Broader (hypernym) | seafood |
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| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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2. | whitefish (food) flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere |
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| Broader (hypernym) | freshwater fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cisco, lake herring |
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| Part meronym | whitefish |
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3. | whitefish (animal) silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere |
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| Broader (hypernym) | food fish, malacopterygian, soft-finned fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cisco, Coregonus artedi, Coregonus clupeaformis, lake herring, lake whitefish, Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, Prosopium williamsonii, Rocky Mountain whitefish, round whitefish |
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| Part holonym | whitefish |
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| Member meronym | Coregonidae, family Coregonidae |
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