whitefish

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a widely distributed North American food fish, Coregonus sp., especially C. clupeaformis.

Quotations

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.