English > croaker: 2 senses > noun 2, animal| Meaning | Any of several fishes that make a croaking noise. |
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| Parts | croaker | The lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S. |
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| Narrower | Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus | A silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels |
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| white croaker, chenfish, kingfish, Genyonemus lineatus | small silvery marine food fish found off California |
| white croaker, queenfish, Seriphus politus | silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters |
| yellowfin croaker, surffish, surf fish, Umbrina roncador | A fish of the Pacific coast of North America |
| Broader | sciaenid fish, sciaenid | widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound |
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| Verbs | croak | utter a hoarse sound, like a raven |
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