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Whiff is a common name for various species of flatfish. It may refer to: * Whiff or
Megrim The megrim, megrim sole, whiff, or Cornish sole (''Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis'') is a species of left-eyed flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea between below sea level. It is caught ...
(''Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis''), a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae * Anglefin whiff (''Citharichthys gymnorhinus''), a species of flatfish in the family Paralichthyidae * Horned whiff (''Citharichthys cornutus''), a species of flatfish in the family Paralichthyidae * Sand whiff (''Citharichthys arenaceus''), a species of flatfish in the family Paralichthyidae * Veracruz whiff (''Citharichthys abbotti''), a species of flatfish in the family Paralichthyidae


Other uses

* Whiff (Thomas & Friends), a fictional steam engine * Whiff (baseball), a baseball term * A stroke in multiple sports, including golf and
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
, whereby the player misses the ball completely * An
odor An odor (American English) or odour (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds ...
* One or more possible whiffs of oxygen before the
great oxidation event The Great Oxidation Event (GOE), also called the Great Oxygenation Event, the Oxygen Catastrophe, the Oxygen Revolution, the Oxygen Crisis, or the Oxygen Holocaust, was a time interval during the Paleoproterozoic era when the Earth's atmosphere ...


See also

* WIFF (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, fish