HyperDic: sciaena_antarctica

English > 1 sense of the expression Sciaena antarctica:
NOUNanimalSciaena antarctica, mulloway, jewfishlarge important food fish of Australia
English > Sciaena antarctica: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre.
Synonymsmulloway, jewfish
Member ofSciaena, genus Sciaenatype genus of the Sciaenidae
Broadersciaenid fish, sciaenidwidely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

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