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croaker

DEFINITIONS OF: croaker

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n any of several fishes that make a croaking noise

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Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus
a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels
Umbrina roncador, surf fish, surffish, yellowfin croaker
a fish of the Pacific coast of North America
Genyonemus lineatus, chenfish, kingfish, white croaker
small silvery marine food fish found off California
Seriphus politus, queenfish, white croaker
silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
Type of:
sciaenid, sciaenid fish
widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

n the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.

Type of:
saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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