whiting

{plural – the same spelling ‘whiting’}

a kind of fish – salt water – bony, ray finned and scaly fish with silvery grey on the upper side and silvery white on the under side, and white flesh, slender, stream-lined body, along with other fins, two spiny fins on the back, wedge-shaped tail fin; size: {on average and in general} 1-3 feet long, and weight: 1-3 Kg; feeds on crabs, shrimps and other kinds of  shellfish; lives for 15-23 (?) years; found in most waters of the seas and oceans

Depending on the location, several species food fish are called ‘whiting’: in some English speaking countries, this type of fish, related to the cod, is called just ‘whiting’; in the USA, it is called ‘English whiting’, and this name is also used for several species of “hake”, a family of fish species; in Canada, the ‘Alaskan Pollack fish” is called ‘whiting’; in India and Australia, ‘whiting’ is used, with another name before it, for several species of fish from a different family of fish – the common names are: King George whiting, Japanese whiting, northern whiting, sand whiting, and school whiting.

Figures of Speech:

1.

whiting (noun)  =  pure white powdered chalk used in paints, putty and ink

2.

to let leap a whiting  =  to miss a chance

3.

to give whiting(s) but without bones  =  to speak honestly; just words

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