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weakfish

N ปลา พวก  Cynoscion พบ แถบ ชายฝั่ง มหาสมุทร แอตแลนติก 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WEAKFISH

WEAKFISH Weak "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague. Spotted weakfish (Zoöl.), the spotted squeteague.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

weakfish

weak fish |ˈwēkˌfiSH ˈwikˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or weakfishes ) a large, slender-bodied marine fish living along the east coast of North America, popular as a food fish and for sport. Also called sea trout. [Cynoscion regalis, family Sciaenidae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from obsolete Dutch weekvisch, from week ‘soft ’ + visch ‘fish. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

weakfish

weak |fish |ˈwiːkfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or weakfishes ) a large slender-bodied marine fish living along the east coast of North America, popular as a food fish and for sport. Also called sea trout. ●Cynoscion regalis, family Sciaenidae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from obsolete Dutch weekvisch, from week ‘soft ’ + visch ‘fish ’.