whitling

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noun

A young full trout during its second season.

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Meanings

nounwhitling (plural whitlings)

plural whitlings

  1. UKdialectalA 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

Origin

From white + -ling.

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APA

whitling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitling

MLA

“whitling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitling. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whitling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitling.

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