whitefish (hwitfish)

A general name of fishes and other aquatic animals which are white, or nearly so: variously applied. (a) A fish of such kind as the whiting, haddock, or menhaden. (b) Any fish of the genus Coregonus. These are important food fishes of both American and European waters, representing a division ( Coregonine ) of the family Salmonidæ. Whitefish of the Great Lakes ( Coregonus clupeiformis). Most of the species have their distinctive names, for which see Core gon inæ and Coregonus. See also cuts under cisco and shad waiter. (c) Any fish of the genus Leuciscus. Any or 2, and 6911 upon the roots of gra and other vegetation, and at times are serious pests. See All or hin a (with cut), cockchafer, dor- bug (with cut), June - bug (with cut), Lachnosterna, May-beetle, and Melolontha. white-gum (hwit'gum), n. In med., an eruption of whitish spots surrounded by a red areola, occurring about the neck and arms of infants; strophulus albidus. white-handed (hwit'handed), a. 1. Having white hands. White-handed mistre , one sweet word with thee. Shak ., L. L. L., v. 2. 230. 2. Having pure, unstained hands; not tainted with guilt. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith; white - handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings! Milton , Comus, 1. 213. 3. In zoöl., having the fore paws white: as, the white - handed gibbon, Hylobates lar. See cut under gibbon. white-ha (hwit' has), n. A white-pudding, stuffed with oatmeal and suet. [Scotch.] There is black-pudding and white -ha -try whilk ye like best. Scott, Bride Lammer moor, xii. white hause (hwit'haz), n. [ 2. A breed of domestic pigeons with the head and tail white; a white-tailed monk.3. The blue wavey, or blue-winged snow-goose, Chen cærules cens. See goose.-4. The broom bush, Parthenium Hysterophorus. Also called bastard feverfew and West Indian mugwort. [West Indies.]