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Definition of Menticirrhus americanus

1. Noun. Whiting of the southeastern coast of North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menticirrhus Americanus

Literary usage of Menticirrhus americanus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"Atlantic City and Corson's Inlet. Common. Many large and wounded taken at latter place. Menticirrhus americanus ..."

2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"The most important species is the sand whiting or Carolina whiting, Menticirrhus americanus. It is found on our South Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"There are two closely allied species — the Carolina whiting (Menticirrhus americanus) and the surf or silver whiting (Menticirrhus littoralis), ..."

4. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"There are two closely allied species — the Carolina whiting (Menticirrhus americanus) and the surf or silver whiting (Menticirrhus littoralis), ..."

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