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Noun whitefish has 3 senses

whitefish - any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring
--₁ is a kind of seafood
whitefish - flesh of salmon- or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
--₂ is a kind of freshwater fish
--₂ is a part of whitefish
--₂ has particulars: lake herring, cisco
whitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
--₃ is a kind of soft-finned fish, malacopterygian; food fish
--₃ is a member of Coregonidae, family Coregonidae
--₃ has part: whitefish
--₃ has particulars:
lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis; cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi; round whitefish, Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum; Rocky Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsonii