weakfish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: weakfish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for weakfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weakfish n lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out Synonym(s): weakfish, Cynoscion regalis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any fish of the genus {Cynoscion}; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See {Squeteague}. {Spotted weakfish} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted squeteague.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squeteague \Squeteague"\ (skw[esl]t[emac]g"), n. [from the North American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) An American sci[91]noid 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 ({C. 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, locally, {sea trout}, and {sea salmon}.