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weakfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun weakfish has 2 senses
- weakfish(n = noun.food) Array - lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States; Array is a part of cynoscion regalis, weakfish, cynoscion nebulosus, spotted sea trout, spotted squeateague, spotted weakfish
- weakfish(n = noun.animal) cynoscion regalis - food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out; Array is a kind of sea trout
is a kind of saltwater fish
is a member of cynoscion, genus cynoscion
has parts: weakfish
CIDE DICTIONARY
weakfish, n.
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion ; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
weakfish, n. (pl. same or -fishes) US a marine fish of the genus Cynoscion, used as food.
Etymology
obs. Du. weekvisch f. week soft (formed as WEAK) + visch FISH(1)
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