单词 | sciaenid |
释义 | sciaenidn.adj. Zoology. A. n. Any of numerous fishes constituting the family Sciaenidae, which comprises percoid, predominantly predatory, fishes of warm fresh and marine waters worldwide, and includes the croakers, drums, and sculpins. Cf. sciaenoid n.Many sciaenids can produce a drumming sound using their swim bladder, and a number are important sport and food fishes. ΚΠ 1879 Ann. Rec. Sci. & Industry 1878 460 Antherinids, Sciænids, and Gadids. 1901 Osprey Jan. 41/2 The weak-fish of the eastern American coast, a savory esculent sciænid of the genus Cynoscion. 1941 Ecology 22 208/1 During the winter..large numbers of young sciaenids are in the bays. 1974 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 5 Nov. b2/8 Possibly 75 percent of the finfish caught are sciaenids. These fish are considered ‘trash’ by the shrimpers and are discarded. 2000 S. J. Blaber Fishery Sci. 75 The fish community is dominated by the sciaenid Pseudotolithus elongatus. B. adj. Of or relating to sciaenids or the family Sciaenidae; characteristic of a sciaenid. Cf. sciaenoid adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [adjective] sciaenoid1832 sciaenid1905 1905 Science 22 Sept. 377 He had examined only a single dead specimen of a single sciænid species. 1951 Copeia No. 3 205 The outstandingly rich sciaenid fauna of the Panamaic region. 1985 Estuaries 8 57/1 The Chesapeake Bay mouth, an area of known sciaenid spawning. 2007 A. Longhurst Ecol. Geogr. Sea ix. 267 A tropical sciaenid community penetrates southward. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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