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croaker
(encz) | croaker,felčar n: Zdeněk Brož |
croaker
(encz) | croaker,krákal v: Zdeněk Brož |
croaker
(encz) | croaker,skřehotal v: Zdeněk Brož |
croaker
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Croaker
(gcide) | Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.)
(a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the
Atlantic coast.
(a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus
grunniens}); -- called also drum.
(c) The surf fish of California.
[1913 Webster]
Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence
the name, which is often corrupted into crocus. |
croaker
(wn) | croaker
n 1: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic
coast of southern U.S.
2: any of several fishes that make a croaking noise |
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white croaker
(encz) | white croaker, n: |
yellowfin croaker
(encz) | yellowfin croaker, n: |
Atlantic croaker
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Croaker
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.)
(a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the
Atlantic coast.
(a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus
grunniens}); -- called also drum.
(c) The surf fish of California.
[1913 Webster]
Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence
the name, which is often corrupted into crocus. |
atlantic croaker
(wn) | Atlantic croaker
n 1: a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny
barbels [syn: Atlantic croaker, {Micropogonias
undulatus}] |
white croaker
(wn) | white croaker
n 1: silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal
waters [syn: white croaker, queenfish, {Seriphus
politus}]
2: small silvery marine food fish found off California [syn:
white croaker, chenfish, kingfish, {Genyonemus
lineatus}] |
yellowfin croaker
(wn) | yellowfin croaker
n 1: a fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn:
yellowfin croaker, surffish, surf fish, {Umbrina
roncador}] |
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