Definition of Family Sciaenidae

1. Noun. Warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sciaenidae

family Sarcoptidae
family Sarcoscyphaceae
family Sarraceniaceae
family Saturniidae
family Satyridae
family Saururaceae
family Saxifragaceae
family Scarabaeidae
family Scaridae
family Scheuchzeriaceae
family Schistosomatidae
family Schizaeaceae
family Schizophyceae
family Schizosaccharomycetaceae
family Sciadopityaceae
family Sciaenidae (current term)
family Sciaridae
family Scincidae
family Sciuridae
family Sclerodermataceae
family Sclerotiniaceae
family Scolopacidae
family Scolytidae
family Scomberesocidae
family Scombresocidae
family Scombridae
family Scorpaenidae
family Scrophulariaceae
family Scutigeridae
family Scyliorhinidae

Literary usage of Family Sciaenidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"The weakfish belongs to the croaker family (Sciaenidae) and has a high value as a food fish, the flesh being rich in flavor and very tender and easily ..."

2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1857)
"Still another << Stickleback. ' ' List of specimens. VL family Sciaenidae. 23. LEIOSTOMUS LINEATUS, Ayres. ..."

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