different between weakfish vs trout

English

Etymology

Calque from Dutch weekvis, weekvisch (“weakfish”), equivalent to weak +? fish, because of its tender mouth.

Noun

weakfish (plural weakfishes or weakfish)

1. Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
   • 1962, International Oceanographic Foundation, Sea Secrets, Volumes 6-8, page 2084,

     Weakfishes have no adipose fin, such as fresh-water trouts possess: […] .

   • 1991, Michael R. Ross, Recreational Fisheries of Coastal New England, page 194,

     Larger fish tend to migrate farther north than smaller ones; thus, the New England weakfish fishery may possess a higher percentage of large individuals than is characteristic of the coastwide fishery. Weakfish tend to move about in schools of similar-sized individuals.

   • 2001, Salt Water Sportsman, "Inshore Salt Water Fishing: Learn from the Experts at Salt Water Magazine", [page 90],

     The weakfish is referred to as a gray trout from Maryland south, mainly to separate it from the spotted seatrout (p. 36), which is found in the southern portion of the weakfish’s range. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) look very much like a freshwater trout, although they exhibit few characteristics of this species.

   • 2009, Ken Schultz, Ken Schultz's Essentials of Fishing, page 73,

     The weakfish is also a member of the Sciaenidae family, and its name refers to the tender, easily torn membrane in the fish's mouth, not its fighting ability.

Synonyms

• squeteague

English

Etymology

From Middle English troute, troughte, trught, trou?t, trouhte, partly from Old English truht (“trout”), and partly from Old French truite; both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Ancient Greek ??????? (tr?kt?s, “nibbler”), from ????? (tr?g?, “I gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, to turn”). The Internet verb sense originated on BBSes of the 1980s, probably from Monty Python's The Fish-Slapping Dance (1972), though that sketch involved a halibut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /t???t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

trout (countable and uncountable, plural trout or trouts)

1. Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
2. (Britain, derogatory) An objectionable elderly woman.

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Verb

trout (third-person singular simple present trouts, present participle trouting, simple past and past participle trouted)

1. (Internet chat) To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly.

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Anagrams

• Routt, Tutor, tutor