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croak⋅er

[kroh-ker]

–noun

1.	a person or thing that croaks.

2.	any of several sciaenoid fishes that make a croaking noise, esp. Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker), found off the Atlantic coast of the southern U.S.

3.	a person who grumbles or forebodes evil.

4.	Slang. doctor.

Origin:
1630–40; croak + -er ¹

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croak·er (krō'kər) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A croaking animal, especially a frog.
2. A person who grumbles or habitually predicts evil.
Any of various fishes, chiefly of the family Sciaenidae, that make croaking or grunting sounds.

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croaker
noun
1.	the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
2.	any of several fishes that make a croaking noise

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Croaker

Croak"er\ (-?r), n. 1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.

2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum. (c) The surf fish of California.

Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.

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