weakfish

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Perhaps we can pick up a channel bass or a weakfish, which I am told they call a sea trout down here A good idea, Frank.

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  1. noun A marine food and game fish (Cynoscion regalis) of North American Atlantic waters. Also called squeteague.

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  • There are a wide variety of fish species in the waters surrounding the Island, including striped bass, fluke, flounder, weakfish, blackfish, blues, tuna and shark. —  LI Biz Blog (Old)
  • Catches of gray trout, also known as weakfish, have been strictly regulated under the ASMFC —  Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'
  • New York City's water -- the East River, the lower Hudson and Jamaica Bay -- teem with striped bass, bluefish and weakfish. —  Forbes.com: News
  • Although Truman had gone through a period in his political life where he had been ridiculed as "the Missouri weakfish" of government, he later gained great respect, especially when he gave the order to drop two of the first atomic bombs on Japan in order to spare American servicemen from extensive fatalities in an invasion of the country and to end World War II. —  The National Ledger - News
  • POINT PLEASANT TO SEASIDE HEIGHTS Joe Melillo of Castaway's Bait and Tackle in Point reported Joe and Mike Commune of Brick have been nailing weakfish and a few bass in the Bay Head water in the South Seaside Park section of town early this afternoon, officials said. —  WN.com - Articles related to Artist admits to lying about Obama photo
 

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  1. Obsolete Dutch weekvis : week, soft (from Middle Dutch weec; see weik-2 in Indo-European roots) + Dutch vis, fish (from Middle Dutch).
 

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