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weakfish
(encz) | weakfish, |
weakfish
(gcide) | squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
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Weakfish
(gcide) | Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called
from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
[1913 Webster]
Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague.
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weakfish
(wn) | weakfish
n 1: lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of
the United States
2: food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a
mouth from which hooks easily tear out [syn: weakfish,
Cynoscion regalis] |
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spotted weakfish
(encz) | spotted weakfish, n: |
weakfish
(encz) | weakfish, |
spotted weakfish
(gcide) | squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
[1913 Webster]Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called
from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
[1913 Webster]
Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague.
[1913 Webster] |
Spotted weakfish
(gcide) | squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
[1913 Webster]Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called
from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
[1913 Webster]
Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague.
[1913 Webster] |
weakfish
(gcide) | squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
[1913 Webster]Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called
from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
[1913 Webster]
Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague.
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spotted weakfish
(wn) | spotted weakfish
n 1: weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United
States [syn: spotted weakfish, spotted sea trout,
spotted squeateague, Cynoscion nebulosus] |
weakfish
(wn) | weakfish
n 1: lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of
the United States
2: food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a
mouth from which hooks easily tear out [syn: weakfish,
Cynoscion regalis] |
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