SCIAENOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sciaenops mean? 

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

1. a genus of Sciaenidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCIAENOPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Sciaenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sciaenops; Sciaenops

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Sciaenops"):

channel bass; red drum; redfish; Sciaenops ocellatus (large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico)

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

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