whitefish

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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