whiting

1. (незлічуване, зазвичай)A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

   Schlämmkreide

   побе́лкаpobélka, бели́ла из ме́лаbelíla iz méla

2. A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).

   found off Atlantic coast of North America

3. In family Gadidae:

   (США)Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).

   any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

4. (Канада)Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).

5. A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.

6. A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.

7. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

   In family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.

8. In family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

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