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weakfish U.S.|ˈwiːkfɪʃ|
[ad. obs. Du. weekvisch, -vis, f. week soft + visch fish. Cf. G. weichfisch, a gadoid fish.]
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.
1791J. Baxter Jrnl. 21 June in Amer. Speech (1965) XL. 200 Went a fishing..had 350 weekfish. c1838Encycl. Metrop. (1845) 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. 1844Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XLVII. 61 Otolithus regalis, Cuv., Weak Fish, Yellow-fin. 1873T. Gill Catal. Fishes E. Coast N. Amer. 26 Cynoscion regalis..Squeteague or squit..weak-fish (New York).
Hence ˈweakfishing, fishing for weakfish.
1888Goode Amer. Fishes 125 Much the same rig as is used in weakfishing. |