Whitefish

Quick meaning: Whitefish is a noun meaning Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
2. A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale).
3. A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
4. To fish for whitefish.
5. (cooking, fishing) Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.

Example Sentences

“Perhaps he went whitefishing after he had his supper.”

“Bill” is said to have whitefished on the lake since Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox first plowed it out.

Beth and I whitefished in the broken ice along the banks of the Clark, a fire of driftwood roaring in the wind with the coffeepot set among the coals.

Word Forms

• whitefishes
• white-fish
• whitefishing
• whitefished

Synonyms for whitefish

Depending on context, synonyms include kilch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include herring, cisco, fish, blastula, white, lake.

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