Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whitefish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whitefish \White"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of {Coregonus}, a genus of
excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit
the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and
Europe. The largest and most important American species
({C. clupeiformis}) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and
in other lakes farther north. Called also {lake
whitefish}, and {Oswego bass}.
(b) The menhaden.
(c) The beluga, or white whale.
Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as
the silver salmon, the whiting
(a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish
({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
{Silver plover} (Zo["o]l.), the knot.
{Silver salmon} (Zo["o]l.), a salmon ({Oncorhynchus kisutch})
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also {kisutch}, {whitefish}, and {white salmon}.
{Silver shell} (Zo["o]l.), a marine bivalve of the genus
Anomia. See {Anomia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia
tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component
of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish},
{chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whitefish
n 1: (Britain) any market fish--edible saltwater fish or
shellfish--except herring
2: flesh of salmon- or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes
of the northern hemisphere
3: silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of
the northern hemisphere
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