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whitefishes
Variant of whitefish
noun pl. whitefish, whitefishes
- any of various white or silvery, edible freshwater trouts (genera Prosopium and Coregonus) found in cool lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
- any of various other similar fishes, as a tilefish (Caulolatilus princeps) of the Pacific
- beluga (sense )
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