whitling

English

Etymology

From white +‎ -ling.

Noun

whitling (plural whitlings)

1. (UK, dialect) A young full trout during its second season.
   • 1803, Henry Mackenzie, Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland‎^[1], page 377:

     The whitling and the finner, or finnoc, have been supposed by many to be young salmon.