Definition of Sciaenid

1. Noun. Widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound.


Definition of Sciaenid

1. Noun. (zoology) Any fish belonging to the Scianidae. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sciaenid

1. a carnivorous fish [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciaenid

schwannosis
schwarmerei
schwarmereis
schwartze
schwartzembergite
schwartzes
schwas
schwertmannite
schwertmannites
schwing
sci
sci-fi
sci.
sciaena
sciaenas
sciaenid (current term)
sciaenid fish
sciaenids
sciaenoid
sciaenoids
sciafilous
sciage
sciagraph
sciagraphical
sciagraphs
sciagraphy
scialytic
sciamachies
sciamachy
sciance

Literary usage of Sciaenid

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

1. Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science by Ohio Academy of Science (1901)
"C. Lateral line extending on caudal fin to tip of middle rays.—sciaenid^E. CC. Lateral line not extending beyond base of caudal fin. ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... ii, 336 schoolmaster-snapper, figure of, ii, 182 figure of, i, 440 Schomburgk, i, 415 Schopf, i, 395 Sciaena, i, 391; ii, 356-358 sciaenid:e, i, 290; ..."

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