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sciaenid

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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.

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

sci·aenid (-nd) adj. & n.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sciaenidsciaenid - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
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


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