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Definition whiting

Etymology 1

white +‎ -ing

Noun

whiting (usually uncountable, plural whitings)

1. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

Verb

whiting

1. present participle of white

Etymology 2

From Middle English whityng, whytyng, perhaps an alteration of Old English hw?tling (“whiting”), remodelled after white +‎ -ing (diminutive suffix). Related to the colour white. Cognate with Dutch wijting (“whiting”), Old Norse hvítingr (“a kind of whale”).

Noun

whiting (plural whitings or whiting)

1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus, similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
2. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
   1. (US) Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (the silver hake).
   2. Any of the species of Sillaginidae (smelt-whitings) inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many of which are commercially important whitefish.
   3. (Canada) Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
   4. A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
   5. A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
   6. Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
   7. (India, Australia) Any of the smelt-whitings, of the family Sillaginidae, including Japanese whiting, King George whiting, northern whiting, sand whiting, and school whiting.

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