sciaena

See also: Sciaena

English

Etymology

From Latin sciaena, from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea-fish, perhaps a kind of grayling or ombre”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow, shade”) and -ινα (-ina, “forming related feminine nouns”)

Noun

sciaena (plural sciaenas)

  1. Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.

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