Definition of Spotted weakfish

1. Noun. Weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States.

Exact synonyms: Cynoscion Nebulosus, Spotted Sea Trout, Spotted Squeateague
Generic synonyms: Sea Trout
Group relationships: Cynoscion, Genus Cynoscion
Terms within: Weakfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spotted Weakfish

spotted hyena
spotted lynx
spotted nothura
spotted nothuras
spotted owl
spotted ray
spotted redshank
spotted salamander
spotted sandpiper
spotted sea trout
spotted sickness
spotted skunk
spotted squeateague
spotted sunfish
spotted water hemlock
spotted weakfish (current term)
spotted wolffish
spottedness
spotter
spotters
spottier
spotties
spottiest
spottily
spottiness
spottinesses
spottings
spottle
spottles

Literary usage of Spotted weakfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"The spotted weakfish. Body rather elongate, compressed; head 3i; depth 4j ; scales 10-70-11 ; D. XI, 26; A. II, 10; eye 7 ; snout long and acute; ..."

2. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1875)
"... that anglers along the coast of New Jersey term it the spotted weakfish, to distinguish it from the other, which they call the mottled weakfish; ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... so quickly gets soft that it does not rank high in the market. The air-bladder makes excellent isinglass for culinary purposes. The spotted weakfish (C. ..."

4. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1869)
"... that anglers along the coast of New Jersey term it the spotted weakfish, to distinguish it from the other, which they call the mottled weakfish; ..."

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