whitefish
wahyt fish
- n any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring
- n flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
- n silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
- Commercial and game fishblue pike, whitefish, sturgeon, northern pikehave nearly vanished, yielding the waters to trash fish that need less oxygen.
- Sushi, in this order, would be the Japanese master's last meal on earth: whitefish, tuna, shad, red clam, sea urchin, sea eel, and, as a final course, a cucumber roll.
- I catch four whitefish, one after the other, and throw them back.