Definition of sciaenid Sciaenid

sci•ae•nid

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What does sciaenid mean?

Noun
sciaenid - 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
		mulloway, sciaena antarctica, jewfish 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 a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus