SCIAENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sciaena mean? 

• SCIAENA (noun)
  The noun SCIAENA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers

  Familiarity information: SCIAENA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCIAENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sciaena; Sciaena

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Sciaena"):

jewfish; mulloway; Sciaena antarctica (large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre)

maiger; maigre; Sciaena aquila (large European marine food fish)

Holonyms ("Sciaena" is a member of...):

family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)