sciaenid fish

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   widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

   Synonymssciaenid

   Broaderpercoid fish

   Narrowerdrummullowaymaigrecroakerwhitingsea trout

   Part ofSciaenidae

Questions about sciaenid fish

What does sciaenid fish mean?

sciaenid fish means "widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound".

What is another word for sciaenid fish?

Close synonyms include sciaenid. 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 sciaenid fish a common word?

sciaenid fish 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.