whiting

Noun

• a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus

• found off Atlantic coast of North America

• any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

• a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

• flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

• flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Merlangus merlangus , Gadus merlangus , silver hake , Merluccius bilinearis