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weakfish

[ week-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) weak·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) weak·fish·es.
  1. any food fish of the genus Cynoscion, as C. regalis, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.


weakfish

/ ˈwiːkˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. any of several sciaenid sea trouts, esp Cynoscion regalis, a food and game fish of American Atlantic coastal waters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of weakfish1

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; from Dutch weekvis (obsolete), equivalent to week “soft, weak ” + vis fish
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Example Sentences

The fishermen were beginning to haul in weakfish and an occasional tautog, or blackfish.

The name weakfish is doubtless derived from the Dutch, and is said to have originally meant a soft fish.

Although it seems to consort a good deal with the weakfish, its habits of feeding are quite different from that fish.

Then follows the ready response of the gamy weakfish to the angler's lure, the brave fight and happy landing of the prize.

Whenever met with they can be taken by the same methods and with the same tackle as recommended for the northern weakfish.

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