sciaenoid

 [sahy-ee-noid]  

sci·ae·noid

   [sahy-ee-noid]
adjective
1.
belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
noun
2.
a sciaenoid fish.

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Also, sci·ae·nid  [sahy-ee-nid] .

Origin:
1830–40; < Latin sciaen(a) kind of fish (< Greek skíaîna) + -oid
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sciaenid or sciaenoid (saɪˈiːnɪd, -ɔɪd)
 
—adj
1.  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
2.  any sciaenid fish
 
[C19: from Latin sciaena a type of fish, from Greek skiaina]
 
sciaenoid or sciaenoid
 
—adj
 
—n
 
[C19: from Latin sciaena a type of fish, from Greek skiaina]

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