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WHITING (Gadus merlangus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 609 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WHITING
WHITING (Gadus merlangus)

WHITING (Gadus merlangus) , a See also:

fish of the See also:

FAMILY

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

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, 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 spot at the See also:

root of the See also:

PECTORAL

pectoral fin is also very characteristic of this species, and but rarely absent. The whiting is one of the most valuable See also:

food fishes of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

EUROPE

Europe, and is caught throughout the See also:

YEAR

year by See also:

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 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. Its usual See also:

SIZE

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

WEIGHT

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