sciaenid
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sciaenid — [sī ē′nid] n. [< ModL Sciaena (< L, a kind of fish < Gr skiaina, a dark colored fish < skia: see SCIAMACHY) + ID] DRUM1 (n. 4) sciaenoid [sī ē′noid] adj., n … English World dictionary
sciaenid — noun widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound • Syn: ↑sciaenid fish • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑drum, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sciaenid fish — noun widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound • Syn: ↑sciaenid • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑drum, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sciaenid — sci·ae·nid … English syllables
sea trout — noun 1. flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water • Syn: ↑salmon trout • Hypernyms: ↑trout • Part Holonyms: ↑brown trout, ↑salmon trout, ↑Salmo trutta 2 … Useful english dictionary
drumfish — noun small to medium sized bottom dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise • Syn: ↑drum • Hypernyms: ↑sciaenid fish, ↑sciaenid • Hyponyms: ↑striped drum, ↑Equetus pul … Useful english dictionary
family Sciaenidae — noun warm water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout • Syn: ↑Sciaenidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
maiger — noun large European marine food fish • Syn: ↑maigre, ↑Sciaena aquila • Hypernyms: ↑sciaenid fish, ↑sciaenid • Member Holonyms: ↑Sciaena, ↑genus Sciaena * * … Useful english dictionary
percoid — noun any of numerous spiny finned fishes of the order Perciformes • Syn: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoidean • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑perch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
percoid fish — noun any of numerous spiny finned fishes of the order Perciformes • Syn: ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑perch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
