(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:05

Sci*ae"noid (?), a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr. ) + -oid.] Zool.

Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.

 

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