Meaning

5 senses
  1. Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.

    Coregonen, Schnäpel, Reinanken

    сигsig

    silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere

  2. Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).

  3. Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.

  4. A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale).

  5. A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Mary has whitefish-like hands.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fish of the genus Coregonus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fish of the genus Coregonus:

Origin

From white + fish.

From white + fish.

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Forms

plural: whitefishes / whitefish

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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