menticirrhus americanus menticirrhus • menticirrhus littoralis · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · menticirrhus americanus · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 23 · · Length 9 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) whiting of the southeastern coast of North America. Synonyms: king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · king whiting · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075