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weak·fish (wēk′fis̸h′)
noun pl. weakfish -·fish′, weakfishes -·fish′es
any of various edible, marine drum fishes (genus Cynoscion), esp. a species (C. regalis) that lives in the waters along the E coast of the U.S.
Etymology: < obs. Du weekvisch < week, soft (akin to weak) + visch, fish
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