whitefishes

Variant of whitefish

whitefish definition

white·fish (hwīt′fis̸h′, wīt′-)

noun pl. whitefish -·fish′, whitefishes -·fish′es

  1. any of various white or silvery, edible freshwater trouts (genera Prosopium and Coregonus) found in cool lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
  2. any of various other similar fishes, as a tilefish (Caulolatilus princeps) of the Pacific
  3. beluga (sense )

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