| n. | 1. | (Zool.) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; - called also | ||||||
| 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.
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| Noun | 1. | whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe |
| 2. | whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America | |
| 3. | whiting - a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish | |
| 4. | whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters | |
| 5. | whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America Synonyms: Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake | |
| 6. | whiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus Synonyms: Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus |