weakfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  2. noun food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out
    Cynoscion regalis.

WordNet

Weak"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.

Webster 1913