Sciaenoid
adjective
1.
belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
noun
2.
a sciaenoid fish.
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