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SCIAENIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
Synonyms:
family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sciaenidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Sciaenidae"):
sciaenid; sciaenid fish (widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound)
Equetus; genus Equetus; Bairdiella; genus Bairdiella (drumfish)
genus Sciaenops; Sciaenops (a genus of Sciaenidae)
genus Sciaena; Sciaena (type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers)
genus Micropogonias; Micropogonias; genus Umbrina; Umbrina (croakers)
genus Menticirrhus; Menticirrhus (kingfishes; whiting)
genus Genyonemus; Genyonemus; genus Seriphus; Seriphus (a genus of Sciaenidae)
Cynoscion; genus Cynoscion (sea trout)
Holonyms ("Sciaenidae" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)