English noun: whiting |
1. | whiting (food) flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe |
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| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish |
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| Part meronym | Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus, whiting |
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2. | whiting (food) flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America |
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| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish |
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| Part meronym | Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, whiting, whiting |
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3. | whiting (animal) a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish |
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| Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean |
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| Member meronym | genus Sillago, Sillago |
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4. | whiting (animal) any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sciaenid, sciaenid fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | corbina, king whiting, kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus, Menticirrhus littoralis, Menticirrhus saxatilis, Menticirrhus undulatus, northern whiting, silver whiting |
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| Part holonym | whiting |
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| Member meronym | genus Menticirrhus, Menticirrhus |
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5. | whiting (animal) found off Atlantic coast of North America |
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| Synonyms | Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hake |
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| Part holonym | whiting |
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6. | whiting (animal) a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus |
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| Synonyms | Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | gadoid, gadoid fish |
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| Part holonym | whiting |
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| Member meronym | genus Merlangus, Merlangus |
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