Whitefish

Word WHITEFISH
Character 9
Hyphenation white fish
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Whitefish"

What do we mean by whitefish?

Any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes of the genera Coregonus and Prosopium chiefly of North America, having a generally white or silvery color. noun

Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the lake herring, whiting, or menhaden. noun

A general name of fishes and other aquatic animals which are white, or nearly so: variously applied. noun

Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (Coregonus clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass. noun

The menhaden. noun

The beluga, or white whale. noun

Any of many fish. noun

The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale) noun

Any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring noun

Flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere noun

Silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere noun

Any of many fish.

The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale)

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The word "whitefish" in example sentences

Yes | No | Report from joey wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago looks like a mountain whitefish to me ❋ Tim Romano (2007)

Fifteen: Fly shop guy thinks every foul-hooked whitefish is a twenty-inch brown trout. ❋ Tim Romano (2007)

(In truth, lake whitefish is more appealing as an idea than as a reality, because of its sometimes mushy texture, although it does have a hearty, arctic char-like flavor.) ❋ Unknown (2002)

Lake varieties of Pacific salmon occur, whitefish, trout, including the splendid red throat, the sluggish Dolly Varden, the handsome rainbow, and fine grayling, one of which is really a Rocky Mountain whitefish of good game qualities, though called grayling. ❋ Unknown (1916)

Other types of widely distributed fish, such as whitefish and Arctic char, are less likely to be affected unless new competing species arrive from southerly regions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are no "whitefish" in Lake Chapala, only poisonous, bottom sucking carp. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There was shrimp (2), clams, some kind of whitefish, salmon, and some other things I can't name. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But that's a whale compared to the usual pygmy whitefish which is just a couple of ounces.

The _Otsego Farmer_ in 1915 summed up the matter thus: "Otsego bass is not what is ordinarily termed whitefish, but is probably a species of the same family. ❋ Ralph Birdsall (1894)

Yes | No | Report from whitefish wrote 1 week 5 days ago ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes | No | Report from whitefish wrote 2 weeks 6 days ago ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes | No | Report from whitefish wrote 13 weeks 6 days ago ❋ Unknown (2009)

On Washington Avenue, where clubs now pulse till dawn, stores used to sell whitefish and five-and-dime notions to gray-haired ladies like Mrs. Wallach. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

Yes | No | Report from whitefish wrote 13 weeks 4 days ago ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, we caught hundreds of the perch and whitefish on our stay there, and they don't seem like undesirables when cooked over a campfire, with a little cornmeal added. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Caught a big pike in Alaska that had a large whitefish in his belly with the tail sticking out of his mouth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Manischewitz, founded by a rabbi, has been steeped in the traditions of Russian and Eastern European Jewry, producing matzoh, chicken soup and jars of gefilte fish—patties of carp, mullet, pike and whitefish in various combinations—which are a fixture on the holidays among Ashkenazi, or Eastern European, Jews. ❋ Lucette Lagnado (2011)

Nearly as often, glazed sea bass was followed by Tahitian vanilla ice cream topped with whitefish caviar and Armagnac. ❋ Savannah Schroll Guz (2011)

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