- Menticirrhus Americanus
- Whiting Whit"ing, n. [From {White}.]
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1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of
the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.
(b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to
the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.
(c) Any one of several species of North American marine
sci[ae]noid food fishes belonging to genus
{Menticirrhus}, especially {Menticirrhus Americanus},
found from Maryland to Brazil, and {Menticirrhus
littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called
also {silver whiting}, and {surf whiting}.
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Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. [1913 Webster]
2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. [1913 Webster]
{Whiting pollack}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Pollack}.
{Whiting pout} (Zo["o]l.), the bib, 2. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
