white croaker

1. 1.

   silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters

   SynonymsqueenfishSeriphus politus

   Broadercroaker

   Part ofSeriphus
2. 2.

   small silvery marine food fish found off California

   SynonymschenfishkingfishGenyonemus lineatus

   Broadercroaker

   Part ofGenyonemus

Questions about white croaker

What does white croaker mean?

white croaker means "silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for white croaker?

Close synonyms include queenfish, Seriphus politus, chenfish, kingfish, Genyonemus lineatus. 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 white croaker a common word?

white croaker is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.