croak·er (kr  k r)n. 1. a. A croaking animal, especially a frog. b. A person who grumbles or habitually predicts evil. 2. Any of various fishes, chiefly of the family Sciaenidae, that make croaking or grunting sounds. |
croaker [ˈkrəʊkə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an animal, bird, etc., that croaks
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Umbrina roncador (yellowfin croaker), that utter croaking noises
3. a grumbling person
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| Noun | 1. |  croaker - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.croaker - any of several fishes that make a croaking noise saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
| 2. | croaker - any of several fishes that make a croaking noise sciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus - a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels surf fish, surffish, Umbrina roncador, yellowfin croaker - a fish of the Pacific coast of North America chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus, white croaker, kingfish - small silvery marine food fish found off California queenfish, Seriphus politus, white croaker - silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters croaker - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S. |
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