whitefish
noun
- several species of demersal fish with fins
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From white + fish.
- Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
- Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
- Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
- A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale).
- A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
verb
Etymology: From white + fish.
- To fish for whitefish.
““Perhaps he went whitefishing after he had his supper.””
““Bill” is said to have whitefished on the lake since Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox first plowed it out.”