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    FAMILY SCIAENIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea troutplay

    Synonyms:

    family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Sciaenidae" is a kind of...):

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Sciaenidae"):

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

    Equetus; genus Equetus; Bairdiella; genus Bairdiella (drumfish)

    genus Sciaenops; Sciaenops (a genus of Sciaenidae)

    genus Sciaena; Sciaena (type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers)

    genus Micropogonias; Micropogonias; genus Umbrina; Umbrina (croakers)

    genus Menticirrhus; Menticirrhus (kingfishes; whiting)

    genus Genyonemus; Genyonemus; genus Seriphus; Seriphus (a genus of Sciaenidae)

    Cynoscion; genus Cynoscion (sea trout)

    Holonyms ("family Sciaenidae" is a member of...):

    order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

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