Obs. [ad. Du. weekvisch, f. week soft + visch fish. Cf. WEAKFISH.] A fish of the Dutch East Indies, the size of a whiting, esteemed a delicacy.
1686. Ray, Willughby’s Hist. Pisc., App. 6. Pisces Indiæ Orientalis a Joanne Nieuhofs Descripti…. Wit fish or Week fish.
