: a common hake (Merluccius bilinearis) of the northern Atlantic coast of the U.S. that is an important food fish
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Recent Examples on the WebAnglers fishing out of ports in northern New Jersey and New York during the winter once enjoyed an abundance of silver hake, which everyone referred to as whiting, in the waters just outside New York Harbor. Capt. John Mcmurray, Field & Stream, 10 Feb. 2020