whitefish
10
3.5
- noun
- /ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ/
:
coregón
- On his tombstone they will write: "Beloved son and loving brother; enjoyed smoked whitefish."
- lake whitefish
- round whitefish
- broad whitefish
PM snack, grapefruit dinner, green beans, whitefish, that's all I can have today.
- PM snack, grapefruit dinner, green beans, whitefish, that's all I can have today.
- They're like, oh, check out this the barramundi, you know, or the whitefish or the we fish or the OR the go fish dude.
Examples
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We start the meal with braised whitefish, crisp fins, skins, and tails.
Fiction book (1997) -
The kitchen was serving up eggs and sausage, pancakes and potatoes, and the local specialty, boiled whitefish.
Fiction book (1993) -
The females were fed on whitefish, salmon, and crab meat 2-3 times weekly.
Academic text (1999) -
So your non oily fish is your typical kind of whitefish like cod for example, which is a great source of protein.
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My landlady cooks for me, so she made me a nice salad with a little whitefish.
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PM snack, grapefruit dinner, green beans, whitefish, that's all I can have today.
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There is our beautiful poached whitefish with a tender green salad and fondant potatoes.
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And Rosie, you're going to teach us your whitefish casserole recipe.
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Anglers fish for northern pike, walleye, lake trout, whitefish, and ling or burbot.
Blog text (16) -
Elaine was telling me about this whitefish she had the other day.
Synonyms
805
1.0
Meat from a water animal that people cook and eat
3
2.0
A water animal that lives in rivers or lakes and people eat
1
2.1
A fish that people catch or farm to eat
A freshwater fish that lives in lakes and people catch to eat
Compounds
- Specialized
A fish with a bronze back that lives in cold northern lakes in North America and Siberia
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish that lives in rivers and lakes in western North America
- Specialized
A freshwater fish with a bronze back and white belly from northern lakes and rivers
How Oily
1
1.9
10
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whitefish is simply white plus fish, because these fish have pale, 'white' flesh that people eat. So whitefish today means a kind of edible fish or the fish's flesh.