melangus vulgaris

Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]
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   1. (Zool.)
      (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
          sciaenoid 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.
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   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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   {Whiting pollack}. (Zool.) Same as {Pollack}.

   {Whiting pout} (Zool.), the bib, 2.
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