Whitefish

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes of the genera Coregonus and Prosopium chiefly of North America, having a generally white or silvery color.
  • noun. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the lake herring, whiting, or menhaden.
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A general name of fishes and other aquatic animals which are white, or nearly so: variously applied.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (Coregonus clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass.
  • noun. The menhaden.
  • noun. The beluga, or white whale.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of many fish.
  • noun. The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale)
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring
  • noun. flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
  • noun. silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
    • Word Usage
    "Fifteen: Fly shop guy thinks every foul-hooked whitefish is a twenty-inch brown trout."
    Form
    common whitefish  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seafood  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blackfish  chicken-fried  four-pound  halibut  kingfish  
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