weakfishn.
/ˈwiːkfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈwikˌfɪʃ/ U.S.
A marine sciænoid food-fish of the genus Cynoscion, esp. C. regalis, the squeteague or sea-trout of the Atlantic. Other varieties are the spotted weakfish, C. nebulosus, and the white or bastard weakfish, C. nothus. The Dutch name (in the form weekvis) occurs in a poem in praise of ‘New Netherland’ by Jacob Steendam (1661), cited in Goode American Fishes (1888) 110.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > member of genus Cynoscion (squeteague)
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1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium App. 6 Pisces Indiæ Orientalis a Joanne Nieuhofs Descripti... Wit fish or Week fish.
1791 J. Baxter Jrnl. 21 June in Amer. Speech (1965) XL. 200 Went a fishing..had 350 weekfish.
1844 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 47 61 Otolithus regalis, Cuv., Weak Fish, Yellow-fin.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXIV. 365/2 This species..is known to the Anglo-Americans by the name of Weak~fish, because considered by some as a debilitating food, and by others from it pulling but slightly on the line with which it is caught.
1873 T. Gill Catal. Fishes East Coast N. Amer. 26 Cynoscion regalis..Squeteague or squit..weak-fish (New York).
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ˈweakfishing n. fishing for weakfish.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for other fish
grayling fishing1704
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snappering1870
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swordfishing1879
pollacking1886
weakfishing1888
snoeking1937
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 125 Much the same rig as is used in weakfishing.
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