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GENUS SCIAENA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
Synonyms:
genus Sciaena; Sciaena
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sciaena" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sciaena"):
jewfish; mulloway; Sciaena antarctica (large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre)
maiger; maigre; Sciaena aquila (large European marine food fish)
Holonyms ("genus Sciaena" is a member of...):
family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)