squeteaguen.
/skwɛˈtiːɡ/ U.S.
The weak-fish or sea-salmon, Cynoscion regalis († Otolithus regalis, † Labrus squeteague), of the eastern United States. spotted squeteague (see quot. 1884).
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sheep's head1836
squeteague1838
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1838 in D. H. Storer Rep. Fishes Mass. (1839) 33 The squeteague, or weak fish, have disappeared since the return of the blue fish, who are their avowed enemy.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Squeteague, or Squetee, a very common fish in the waters of Long Island Sound and adjacent bays.
1871 in Good Amer. Fishes (1888) 113 Scup have disappeared from Narragansett Bay, but Squeteague have taken their place.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 365 The Spotted Squeteague, Cynoscion maculatum. This fish is..in every respect very unlike a trout, and the name ‘Spotted Squeteague’ has been proposed for it.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 111 Succoteague.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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