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weakfishes

Variant of weakfish

noun pl. weakfish, weakfishes

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.

Origin: < obs. Du weekvisch < week, soft (akin to weak) + visch, fish

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