CROAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does croaker mean? 

• CROAKER (noun)
  The noun CROAKER has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: CROAKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("croaker" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("croaker" is a part of...):

croaker (any of several fishes that make a croaking noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several fishes that make a croaking noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("croaker" is a kind of...):

sciaenid; sciaenid fish (widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound)

Meronyms (parts of "croaker"):

croaker (the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "croaker"):

Atlantic croaker; Micropogonias undulatus (a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels)

surf fish; surffish; Umbrina roncador; yellowfin croaker (a fish of the Pacific coast of North America)

chenfish; Genyonemus lineatus; kingfish; white croaker (small silvery marine food fish found off California)

queenfish; Seriphus politus; white croaker (silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters)

Derivation:

croak (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven)