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Whitefish

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
  2. 2
    silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
  4. 4
    flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
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  1. 6
    any market fish — edible saltwater fish or shellfish — except herring wordnet
  2. 7
    A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale).
  3. 8
    A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
Verb
  1. 1
    To fish for whitefish.

    "“Perhaps he went whitefishing after he had his supper.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From white + fish.

Etymology 2

From white + fish.

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