Meanings
adjectivesciaenoid (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyOf or relating to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.
nounsciaenoid (plural sciaenoids)
plural sciaenoids
- biologyAny of the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσκίαινα“a sea fish, probably either Sciaena umbra or Umbrina cirrosa”
- Latinsciaena“a kind of sea fish, perhaps a kind of grayling or ombre: Thymallus thymallus”
- Englishsciaenoid
Latin sciaena (“a kind of sea fish, perhaps a kind of grayling or ombre: Thymallus thymallus”), from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea fish, probably either Sciaena umbra or Umbrina cirrosa”), + -oid.
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