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Definition of Sciaena
1. Noun. Type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sciaenidae, Sciaenidae
Member holonyms: Jewfish, Mulloway, Sciaena Antarctica, Maiger, Maigre, Sciaena Aquila
Definition of Sciaena
1. Noun. Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus ''Sciaena'', from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciaena
Literary usage of Sciaena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany by Ernst Dieffenbach (1843)
"(sciaena lineata, G. Forster, fig. pict. 2, t. 204. JR Forster, MS. II. ...
(sciaena ciliaris, G. Forster, 2, t. 205, and 2, t.. JR Forster, II. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1900)
"Known, we believe, only from the original description. 70. sciaena ... sciaena
fasciata (Tschudi). ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"This observer, or his editor Ray, speak of the sciaena only with hesitation, ...
Linnaeus gives to this complex species the name of sciaena umbra, ..."
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