- Hake by Webster's
... gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.(v.t.) To loiter; to sneak.
- Merluce by Webster's
(n.) The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike.
- Ling by Webster's
... An American hake of the genus Phycis.(a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.(a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.(a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the ...
- Whiting by Webster's
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of White.(n.) Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food...
- hake by Olivia Collins
any gadoid food fish of the genus Merluccius, such as M. Merluccius. (European hake), of the N...