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noun
Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Sciaena
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Broader terms: fish genus
History
From Latin sciaena, from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea-fish”, perhaps “a kind of grayling” or “ombre”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow, shade”) and -ινα (-ina, suffix forming related feminine nouns).
