<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A slender food fish of the genus <em>Menticirrhus</em>, of the croaker family, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America.</li><li>The hake, <em>Merluccius bilinearis</em>.</li><li>Any of several European fishes of the cod family, especially <em>Merlangus merlangus</em>.</li></ul>