milkfish
noun
milk·fish
ˈmilk-ˌfish 
: a large fork-tailed silvery herbivorous food fish (Chanos chanos) of warm parts of the Pacific and Indian oceans that is the sole living representative of its family (Chanidae)
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With financial assistance from the World Bank, the province will open a milkfish (bangus) breeding and hatchery facility, which will produce more than 100 million bangus fry and more than 48 million larvae every year.
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Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
On a recent visit, daing na bangus — whole fried milkfish, butterflied and divested of bones, with a short tail still attached — arrived bronzed and near monumental, larger than other specimens around town.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 31 May 2018
For another staple, daing na bangus, milkfish is relieved of its bones, splayed and soaked in vinegar overnight for tenderness, then crisped in a pan.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018
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Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
On a recent visit, daing na bangus — whole fried milkfish, butterflied and divested of bones, with a short tail still attached — arrived bronzed and near monumental, larger than other specimens around town.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 31 May 2018
For another staple, daing na bangus, milkfish is relieved of its bones, splayed and soaked in vinegar overnight for tenderness, then crisped in a pan.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018
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“Milkfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milkfish. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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