See Also: Whiting(medicine)
whiting(dictionary)
whiting(encyclopedia)
whiting(2)(dictionary)
whiting(1)(dictionary)
whiting-mop(medicine)
Whiting(recipes)
Whiting Bay Beach(tourism)
Brie frilled whiting(recipes)
Whiting and potato bhaji(recipes)

whiting(2) (iou)



whiting noun2. ME.
[Middle & mod. Dutch wijting, from wijt white: see -ING3.]
A gadid food fish, Merlangius merlangus, which is common off European coasts; the flesh of this as food. ME.
Any of various other fishes; esp. (a) N. Amer. a hake of the genus Merluccius; (b) N. Amer. a barb, Menticirrhus saxatilis; (c) Austral. any of several food and game-fishes of the percoid family Sillaginidae. L19.
blue whiting: see BLUE adjective. rock whiting: see ROCK noun1.
Comb.: whiting-mop: see MOP noun4; whiting pollack the pollack, Pollachius pollachius; whiting pout = BIB noun 2.