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whitefish 
n. a widely distributed North American food fish, Coregonus sp., especially C. clupeaformis.
See also: atikameg herring salmon tickameg titimeg white ((n.)) (def. 2)
- 1744 Here is a great Fishery for white Fish, the richest and best Fish in the World, being so luscious that all Sauce spoils it.
- 1872 In this stream we speared some white-fish, a species peculiar to North America, and excellent eating. . . .
- 1965 These unwanted species clutter the lakes . . . affecting the highly regarded whitefish and lake trout.
- 1744 Here is a great Fishery for white Fish, the richest and best Fish in the World, being so luscious that all Sauce spoils it.