menticirrhus saxatilis

1. 1.

   whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting

   Synonymsnorthern whiting

   Broaderwhiting

Questions about menticirrhus saxatilis

What does menticirrhus saxatilis mean?

menticirrhus saxatilis means "whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting".

What is another word for menticirrhus saxatilis?

Close synonyms include northern whiting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is menticirrhus saxatilis a common word?

menticirrhus saxatilis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.