squeteague

[ skwee-teeg ]

noun,plural sque·teagues, (especially collectively) sque·teague.

Origin of squeteague

1
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805; from southeastern New England Algonquian, originally plural (compare obsolete English dialect chickwit,squit, etc., from singular of the same word, cognate with Mohegan (English spelling) cheegut )

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British Dictionary definitions for squeteague

squeteague

/ (skwɪˈtiːɡ) /


nounplural -teague or -teagues
  1. any of various sciaenid food fishes of the genus Cynoscion, esp C. regalis, of the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean

Origin of squeteague

1
C19: from Narraganset pesukwiteag, literally: they give glue; so called because glue is made from them

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