Whitefish — definition

1. whitefish (Noun) Brit

whitefish (Noun) — Any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring.

whitefish (Noun) — Flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere.

whitefish (Noun) — Silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere.

food fish freshwater fish malacopterygian seafood soft-finned fish Coregonus artedi Coregonus clupeaformis Menominee whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum Prosopium williamsonii Rocky Mountain whitefish cisco lake herring lake whitefish round whitefish Coregonidae family Coregonidae