Definition of Menticirrhus americanus

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

Exact synonyms: King Whiting
Group relationships: Genus Menticirrhus, Menticirrhus
Generic synonyms: Whiting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menticirrhus Americanus

Menotyphla
Mensa
Mensan
Mensans
Menshevik
Mentha aquatica
Mentha arvensis
Mentha citrata
Mentha longifolia
Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium
Mentha rotundifolia
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor
Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin
Menura
Menurae
Menuridae
Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata

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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