of, relating to, or belonging to the Sciaenidae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical marine percoid fishes that includes the drums, grunts, and croakers
noun
2.
any sciaenid fish
Word origin
C19: from Latin sciaena a type of fish, from Greek skiaina
sciaenid in American English
(saɪˈinɪd)
noun
drum1 (sense 4)
Derived forms
sciaenoid (sciˈaenoid) (saɪˈinɔɪd)
adjective, noun
Word origin
< ModL Sciaena (< L, a kind of fish < Gr skiaina, a dark-colored fish < skia: see sciamachy) + -id