[week-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any food fish of the genus Cynoscion, as C. regalis, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. |
| weak·fish (wēk'fĭsh') n. pl. weakfish or weak·fish·es A marine food and game fish (Cynoscion regalis) of North American Atlantic waters. Also called squeteague. [Obsolete Dutch weekvis : week, soft (from Middle Dutch weec; see weik-2 in Indo-European roots) + Dutch vis, fish (from Middle Dutch).] |