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Definition of Sciaenoid
1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or relating to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) Any of the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sciaenoid
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Medical Definition of Sciaenoid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciaenoid
Literary usage of Sciaenoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Gill further shows that the name Macrodon Schinz (1822) was intended for the
genus of sciaenoid fishes called ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... also given in some parts of North America to a very different fish, a freshwater
sciaenoid, Corvina oscula, which is much less esteemed for the table. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1864)
"Catalogue of the North American sciaenoid Fishes. Ibid. . Catalogue of the Fishes
of Lower California. Part 4. Ibid. . Descriptions of some new species of ..."
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