Weakfish Definition

wēkfĭsh

weakfishes

noun

A marine food and game fish (Cynoscion regalis) of North American Atlantic waters, having small dark spots on the back.

American Heritage

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.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Weakfish

Singular:

weakfish

Plural:

weakfishes

Obsolete Dutch weekvis week soft (from Middle Dutch weec weik-² in Indo-European roots) Dutch vis fish (from Middle Dutch)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From weak +"Ž fish.

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