单词 | squeteague |
释义 | squeteague[ skwee-teeg ] / skwiˈtig / noun, plural sque·teagues, (especially collectively) sque·teague.an Atlantic food fish, Cynoscion regalis, of the croaker family. any of several other Atlantic fishes of the same genus; sea trout. Origin of squeteagueFirst recorded in 1795–1805, Americanism; from southeastern New England Algonquian, originally plural (compare obsolete English dialect chickwit,squit, etc., from singular of the same word, cognate with Mohegan (English spelling) cheegut ) Words nearby squeteaguesqueeze play, squeeze through, squeezy, squeg, squelch, squeteague, squib, Squibb, squib kick, squid, squidgy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for squeteaguesqueteague / (skwɪˈtiːɡ) / noun plural -teague or -teaguesany of various sciaenid food fishes of the genus Cynoscion, esp C. regalis, of the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean Word Origin for squeteagueC19: from Narraganset pesukwiteag, literally: they give glue; so called because glue is made from them Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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