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Haddock vs Merling - What's the difference?

haddock | merling |

As nouns the difference between haddock and merling

is that haddock is a marine fish, melanogrammus aeglefinus , of the north atlantic, important as a food fish while merling is the fish merlangius merlangus , endemic to the north atlantic, mediterranean sea, western baltic sea and black sea.

haddock

English

(wikipedia haddock)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus , of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

    • Related terms

    * finnan haddie * hake ----

    merling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fish Merlangius merlangus , endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
  • * 1995 , Maryanne Kowaleski, footnote, Local Markets and Regional Trade in Medieval Exeter , page 310,
    • The types were cod, conger eel, common eel, dried fish (most probably cod and hake), hake, herring, lamprey, ling, mackerel, merling (whiting), mulwell, pike, pilchard, pollack, porpoise, ray, salmon, stockfish (probably cod), sturgeon, and whiting; they arrived fresh, dried, salted, or smoked.

    Synonyms

    * (Merlangius merlangus) whiting (UK) ** (in countries outside the range of Merlangius merlangus): English whiting, European whiting