menticirrhus americanus(n = noun.animal) king whiting - whiting of the southeastern coast of North America;
is a kind of whiting
is a member of genus menticirrhus, menticirrhus

bufo americanus, cotinus americanus, esox americanus, euarctos americanus, euonymus americanus, genus menticirrhus, hemitripterus americanus, homarus americanus, humulus americanus, lepus americanus, lophius americanus, lotus americanus, lycopus americanus, macowanites americanus, macrozoarces americanus, menticirrhus, menticirrhus littoralis, menticirrhus saxatilis, menticirrhus undulatus, mergus merganser americanus, oreamnos americanus, osmanthus americanus, polyprion americanus, potamogeton americanus, pseudopleuronectes americanus, ursus americanus