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SPOTTED WEAKFISH

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Meaning:

Weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States

Synonyms:

Cynoscion nebulosus; spotted sea trout; spotted squeateague; spotted weakfish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spotted weakfish" is a kind of...):

sea trout (any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters)

Meronyms (parts of "spotted weakfish"):

weakfish (lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States)

Holonyms ("spotted weakfish" is a member of...):

Cynoscion; genus Cynoscion (sea trout)

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