HyperDic: sciaenid

English > 1 sense of the word sciaenid:
NOUNanimalsciaenid, sciaenid fishwidely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
English > sciaenid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwidely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound.
Synonymsciaenid fish
Member ofSciaenidae, family Sciaenidaewarm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
NarrowercroakerAny of several fishes that make a croaking noise
drum, drumfishsmall to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
maigre, maiger, Sciaena aquilalarge European marine food fish
mulloway, jewfish, Sciaena antarcticalarge important food fish of Australia
sea troutAny of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters
whitingAny of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Spanishsciaenid

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