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whiting
/ˈwaɪtɪŋ/
noun 6name 5
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3ADJ.
blue, southern
VERB + WHITING
ling
WHITING + NOUN
sablefish
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noun
1
A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.
noun
1
A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
2
Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
3
Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
4
Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
5
Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
name
1
A surname.
2
A number of places in the United States:
3
A number of places in the United States:
4
A number of places in the United States:
5
A number of places in the United States:
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1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many to
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Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish,
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