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WEAKFISH
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Irregular inflected form: weakfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out
Synonyms:
Cynoscion regalis; weakfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("weakfish" is a kind of...):
sea trout (any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters)
Meronyms (parts of "weakfish"):
weakfish (lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States)
Holonyms ("weakfish" is a member of...):
Cynoscion; genus Cynoscion (sea trout)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("weakfish" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Holonyms ("weakfish" is a part of...):
Cynoscion regalis; weakfish (food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out)
Cynoscion nebulosus; spotted sea trout; spotted squeateague; spotted weakfish (weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States)
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