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weakfish

noun

Etymology

Calque from Dutch weekvis, weekvisch (“weakfish”), equivalent to weak + fish, because of its tender mouth.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. compounded as weakfish — “weak + fish”

Definitions

  1. Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American…

    Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.

    • Weakfishes have no adipose fin, such as fresh-water trouts possess:[…].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for weakfish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA