1. (

• whiting ,

) flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe ;

2. (

• whiting

) flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America ;

3. (

• whiting ,

) a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish ;

4. (

• whiting ,

) any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters ;

5. (

• silver_hake ,
• Merluccius_bilinearis ,
• whiting ,

) found off Atlantic coast of North America ;

6. (

• whiting ,
• Merlangus_merlangus ,
• Gadus_merlangus

) a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus ;