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