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sci·ae·nid

 (sī-ē′nĭd)
n.
Any of various fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, which includes the drums and croakers.
[New Latin Sciaena, type genus (from Latin sciaena, a kind of sciaenid fish, from Greek skiaina, perhaps from skiā, shadow) + -id.]
sci·ae′nid adj.
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sciaenid

(saɪˈiːnɪd) or

sciaenoid

adj
(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
(Animals) any sciaenid fish
[C19: from Latin sciaena a type of fish, from Greek skiaina]
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Noun1.sciaenid - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce soundsciaenid - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
sciaenid fish
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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