SILVER WHITING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States

Synonyms:

Menticirrhus littoralis; silver whiting

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("silver whiting" is a kind of...):

whiting (any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters)

Holonyms ("silver whiting" is a member of...):

genus Menticirrhus; Menticirrhus (kingfishes; whiting)

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