sciaenid

sci·ae·noid  (s-noid)

adj.

Of or belonging to the Sciaenidae, a family of fishes that includes the drums and croakers.

n.

A sciaenoid fish.

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[New Latin Sciaena, type genus (from Latin sciaena, a kind of fish, from Greek skiaina, perhaps from ski, shadow) + -oid.]

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sci·aenid (-nd) adj. & n.

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sciaenid [saɪˈiːnɪd], sciaenoid

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Sciaenidae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical marine percoid fishes that includes the drums, grunts, and croakers

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any sciaenid fish

[from Latin sciaena a type of fish, from Greek skiaina]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sciaenid - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound sciaenid fish percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes family Sciaenidae, Sciaenidae - warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout drumfish, drum - small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise jewfish, mulloway, Sciaena antarctica - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre maiger, maigre, Sciaena aquila - large European marine food fish croaker - any of several fishes that make a croaking noise whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters sea trout - any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters