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MERLANGUS MERLANGUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus

Synonyms:

Gadus merlangus; Merlangus merlangus; whiting

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Merlangus merlangus" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Meronyms (parts of "Merlangus merlangus"):

whiting (flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe)

Holonyms ("Merlangus merlangus" is a member of...):

genus Merlangus; Merlangus (whitings)

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