'Merlucius vulgaris' definitions:
Definition of 'Merlucius vulgaris'
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- 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]
Definition of 'Merlucius vulgaris'
From: GCIDE
- Hake \Hake\, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zool.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is Merlucius vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is Merlucius bilinearis. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and Phycis tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling. [1913 Webster]