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Meaning of whiting

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  whiting
      n 1: flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
      2: flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of
         Atlantic coasts of North America
      3: a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
      4: any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
      5: found off Atlantic coast of North America [syn: {silver
         hake}, {Merluccius bilinearis}, {whiting}]
      6: a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the
         cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus [syn: {whiting},
         {Merlangus merlangus}, {Gadus merlangus}]

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