SCIAENIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sciaenidae mean? 

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

1. warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCIAENIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Sciaenidae"):

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

genus Menticirrhus; Menticirrhus (kingfishes; whiting)

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

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

genus Sciaenops; Sciaenops (a genus of Sciaenidae)

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

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

Cynoscion; genus Cynoscion (sea trout)

Holonyms ("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)