Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Cuvierian genus of gadoid fishes whose type is the common European whiting, M. vulgaris, and to which various limits have been assigned.
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- noun whitings
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Examples
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Mackerel on light tackle are game fighters, though they do not usually much exceed 2 lb. Whiting and whiting-pout (_Gadus merlangus_ and _Gadus luscus_) both feed on or near the bottom, do not grow to any great size, and are best sought with fine tackle, usually an arrangement of three or four hooks at intervals above a lead which is called a "paternoster."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Merling, or Whiting _Merlangus vulgaris_ (Cuvier), ii 244 or _Gadus merlangus_ (Linnæus)
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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(Merlangius merlangus) and burbot (Lota lota) which have all declined considerably.
innovations-report 2010
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_Gadus merlangus_ (Linnæus) [Footnote *: The Lamperns have been taken in the Thames at
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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