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Verb

1. Turn white

Noun

1. Flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

2. Flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

3. A small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

4. Any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

5. Found off Atlantic coast of North America

6. A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus