atlantic croaker

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   a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels

   SynonymsMicropogonias undulatus

   Broadercroaker

   Part ofMicropogonias

Questions about atlantic croaker

What does atlantic croaker mean?

atlantic croaker means "a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels".

What is another word for atlantic croaker?

Close synonyms include Micropogonias undulatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atlantic croaker a common word?

atlantic croaker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.