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