squeteague
/skwiːˈtiːɡ/
squeteague noun: a weakfish, a silvery edible American sciaenoid fish of species Cynoscion regalis.
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Noun
squeteague (plural squeteagues)
- A weakfish, a silvery edible American sciaenoid fish of species Cynoscion regalis.
- Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- The Injuns get to Naturmitgefuhl by the metaphor of a family: if you don't throw the roe-plump squeteague back, that is a sort of nepoticide.2001, Adrian Trehorse, The Last Angry White Man, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 154
Synonyms of squeteague
Forms of squeteague
| plural | squeteagues |
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Origin of squeteague
From the North American name
Questions about squeteague
- What does squeteague mean?
- Squeteague means a weakfish, a silvery edible American sciaenoid fish of species Cynoscion regalis.
- What part of speech is squeteague?
- Squeteague is a noun.
- How do you pronounce squeteague?
- Squeteague is pronounced /skwiːˈtiːɡ/.
- What is the plural of squeteague?
- The plural of squeteague is squeteagues.
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