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Noun whiting has 6 senses

whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
--₁ is a kind of saltwater fish
--₁ is a part of whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
--₂ is a kind of saltwater fish
--₂ is a part of whiting; silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, whiting
whiting - a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
--₃ is a kind of percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
--₃ is a member of Sillago, genus Sillago
whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
--₄ is a kind of sciaenid fish, sciaenid
--₄ is a member of Menticirrhus, genus Menticirrhus
--₄ has part: whiting
--₄ has particulars:
kingfish; king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus; northern whiting, Menticirrhus saxatilis; corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus; silver whiting, Menticirrhus littoralis
silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America
--₅ is a kind of hake
--₅ has parts: whiting
whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
--₆ is a kind of gadoid, gadoid fish
--₆ is a member of Merlangus, genus Merlangus
--₆ has parts: whiting

Verb white has 1 sense

whiten, white - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
--₁ is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color

Derived form: noun white₂
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