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Whitefish
Meaning
Noun
●
In Acipenseriform fish, Fish, Freshwater whitefish & Herrings:
Any of many fish.
Any of several North American
freshwater
fish
, of the
genus
Coregonus, used as food.
Any of several other
fish
, such as
whiting
(Merlangius merlangus) or
menhaden
(Brevoortia
spp
. and Ethmidium
spp
.).
●
In Cooking, Fishing, Acipenseriform fish, Fish, Freshwater whitefish & Herrings:
Any of many fish.
Any of several
species
of
demersal
fish
with
fins
,
particularly
cod
,
whiting
, and
haddock
,
as opposed to
the
oily
or
pelagic
fish
es.
●
The
beluga
(both the
sturgeon
and the whale)
Verb
●
In Acipenseriform fish, Fish, Freshwater whitefish & Herrings:
To
fish
for whitefish.
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Origin
whitefish
English
fish
English
fiscian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
white
English
whit
Middle English (1100-1500)
hwit
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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