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whitling

whitling noun: a young full trout during its second season.

Noun

whitling (plural whitlings)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A young full trout during its second season.
    • The whitling and the finner, or finnoc, have been supposed by many to be young salmon.1803, Henry Mackenzie, Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, page 377

Forms of whitling

pluralwhitlings

Origin of whitling

From white + -ling.

Questions about whitling

What does whitling mean?
Whitling means a young full trout during its second season.
What part of speech is whitling?
Whitling is a noun.
What is the plural of whitling?
The plural of whitling is whitlings.

Words near whitling in the dictionary

  1. Whitley County
  2. Whitley Gardens
  3. Whitley goose
  4. Whitleyism
  5. Whitleys
  6. whitling
  7. Whitlingham
  8. whitlings
  9. Whitlock
  10. Whitlock's End
  11. whitlockite

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