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MERLANGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Merlangus mean?
• MERLANGUS (noun)
The noun MERLANGUS has 1 sense:
1. whitings
Familiarity information: MERLANGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whitings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Merlangus; Merlangus
Hypernyms ("Merlangus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Merlangus"):
Gadus merlangus; Merlangus merlangus; whiting (a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus)
Holonyms ("Merlangus" is a member of...):
family Gadidae; Gadidae (large family of important mostly marine food fishes)
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