GADUS MERLANGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gadus merlangus mean? 

• GADUS MERLANGUS (noun)
  The noun GADUS MERLANGUS has 1 sense:

1. a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus

  Familiarity information: GADUS MERLANGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GADUS MERLANGUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gadus merlangus; Merlangus merlangus; whiting

Hypernyms ("Gadus merlangus" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Meronyms (parts of "Gadus merlangus"):

whiting (flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe)

Holonyms ("Gadus merlangus" is a member of...):

genus Merlangus; Merlangus (whitings)