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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
   - silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis
    
6. A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
   - Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus

1. Turn white
   - whiten

Derived forms: whiting

Type of: color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], gadoid, gadoid fish, hake, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, saltwater fish, sciaenid, sciaenid fish

Part of: genus Menticirrhus, genus Merlangus, genus Sillago, Menticirrhus, Merlangus, Sillago

Encyclopedia: Whiting, Paul