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whiting vs kingfish

kingfish vs whiting

whiting and kingfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
whiting Yes No No No
kingfish Yes No No No
As nouns, kingfish is a hyponym of whiting; that is, kingfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than whiting:
  • whiting: any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
  • kingfish: any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
Other hyponyms of whiting include king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus, Menticirrhus saxatilis, northern whiting, corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus, Menticirrhus littoralis, silver whiting.
whiting (noun) kingfish (noun)
a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
found off Atlantic coast of North America small silvery marine food fish found off California
a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
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