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whitefish en · NOUN

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Etymology

From white + fish.

Meanings

1. Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
2. Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
3. Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
4. A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale).
5. A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)

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Deriveds

Bear Lake whitefish Prosopium abyssicola · humpbacked whitefish · common whitefish · broad whitefish · mongrel whitefish · Alaska whitefish · Menominee whitefish · pygmy whitefish · Coney Island whitefish · Atlantic whitefish · European whitefish · mountain whitefish · Cape whitefish · freshwater whitefish · round whitefish · lake whitefish · ocean whitefish · Rocky Mountain whitefish

Synonyms

kilch

Translations (19)

ja ホワイトフィッシュ (fish of the genus Coregonus) · de Coregonen (fish of the genus Coregonus) · de Maränen (fish of the genus Coregonus) · lut bədúł (fish of the genus Coregonus) · de Schnäpel (fish of the genus Coregonus) · cs síh (fish of the genus Coregonus) · izh siika (fish of the genus Coregonus) · fi siika (fish of the genus Coregonus) · ru сиг (fish of the genus Coregonus) · de Reinanken (fish of the genus Coregonus) · gsw Felch (fish of the genus Coregonus) · crk ᐊᑎᐦᑲᒣᐠ (fish of the genus Coregonus) · hy սիգ (fish of the genus Coregonus) · de Renken (fish of the genus Coregonus) · sk sih (fish of the genus Coregonus) · gsw Kilch (fish of the genus Coregonus) · et siig (fish of the genus Coregonus) · sah майаҕас (fish of the genus Coregonus) · pl sieja (fish of the genus Coregonus)

whitefish en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From white + fish.

Meanings

1. To fish for whitefish.
   • Beth and I whitefished in the broken ice along the banks of the Clark, a fire of driftwood roaring in the wind with the coffeepot set among the coals. 1986, James Lee Burke, The Lost Get-Back Boogie, Baton Rouge, La.; London: Louisiana State University Press, →ISBN, page 213:
   • “Perhaps he went whitefishing after he had his supper.” 1894, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, “The Windigo”, in The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, page 169:
   • “Bill” is said to have whitefished on the lake since Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox first plowed it out. 1932 March 6, “Fishing Through Ice Is Thrill”, in The Spokesman-Review, 49th year, number 297, Spokane, Wash., part four, page 1:

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