whitefish

white·fish

W5133400 (wīt′fĭsh′, hwīt′-)n. pl. whitefish or white·fish·es 1. a. Any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes of the genera Coregonus and Prosopium chiefly of North America, having a generally white or silvery color.b. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the lake herring, whiting, or menhaden.2. See beluga.

whitefish

(ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any herring-like salmonoid food fish of the genus Coregonus and family Coregonidae, typically of deep cold lakes of the N hemisphere, having large silvery scales and a small head

white•fish

(ˈʰwaɪtˌfɪʃ, ˈwaɪt-)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. 1. any of several fishes of the genera Coregonus and Prosopium, inhabiting northern waters of North America and Eurasia, similar to the trout but having a smaller mouth and larger scales. 2. any of various similar or related fishes. [1425–75]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whitefish - any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herringseafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etcBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	whitefish - flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemispherewhitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemispherefreshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as foodcisco, lake herring - cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
	3.	whitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemispheremalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygiifood fish - any fish used for food by human beingsCoregonidae, family Coregonidae - soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family SalmonidaeCoregonus clupeaformis, lake whitefish - found in the Great Lakes and north to AlaskaCoregonus artedi, lake herring, cisco - important food fish of cold deep lakes of North AmericaMenominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, round whitefish - a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and SiberiaProsopium williamsonii, Rocky Mountain whitefish - whitefish of the western United States and Canadawhitefish - flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere

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