'Melangus vulgaris' definitions:

Definition of 'Melangus vulgaris'

From: GCIDE
  • Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From White.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Zool.) (a) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin. (b) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake. (c) Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially Menticirrhus Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and {Menticirrhus littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Whiting pollack. (Zool.) Same as Pollack.
  • Whiting pout (Zool.), the bib, 2. [1913 Webster]