whitefish

CEFRB1

/wˈaɪˌtfɪʃ/

noun

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In plain English

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noun
A fish with pale flesh, often used as food.
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noun
Extra detail
Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.

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At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

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).

In context

Whitefish is a common type of fish used for many delicious meals.
“Bill” is said to have whitefished on the lake since Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox first plowed it out.
“Perhaps he went whitefishing after he had his supper.”

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“Perhaps he went whitefishing after he had his supper.”
1894, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, “The Windigo”, in The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and...
“Bill” is said to have whitefished on the lake since Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox first plowed it out.
1932 March 6, “Fishing Through Ice Is Thrill”, in The Spokesman-Review, 49th year, number 297, Spokane, Wash., part four, page 1
Beth and I whitefished in the broken ice along the banks of the Clark, a fire of driftwood roaring in the wind with the coffeepot set among the coals.
1986, James Lee Burke, The Lost Get-Back Boogie, Baton Rouge, La.; London: Louisiana State University Press, →ISBN, page 213

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