See also:

• WHITING
• WHITING (Gadus merlangus)

WHITING (Gadus merlangus)  , a See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish of the See also:

• FAMILY

family Gadidae, which is abundant on the shores of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Ocean and all See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the coasts of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Islands; it is distinguished from the other See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus by having from 33 to 35 rays in the first anal fin, and by lacking the See also:

• BARBEL (Barbus vulgaris)

barbel on the See also:

• CHIN

chin . The snout is See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and the upper See also:

• JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw longer than the See also:

• LOWER

lower . A See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black spot at the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of the See also:

• PECTORAL

pectoral fin is also very characteristic of this species, and but rarely absent . The See also:

• WHITING
• WHITING (Gadus merlangus)

whiting is one of the most valuable See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food fishes of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and is caught throughout the See also:

• YEAR

year by See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook and See also:

• LINE

line and by the trawl . It is in better See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition at the beginning of See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter than after the spawning See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, which falls in the months of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February and See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March . Its usual See also:

• SIZE

size is from 1 to 12 lb, but it may attain to twice that See also:

• WEIGHT

weight .