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WHITE CROAKER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small silvery marine food fish found off California

Synonyms:

chenfish; Genyonemus lineatus; kingfish; white croaker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("white croaker" is a kind of...):

croaker (any of several fishes that make a croaking noise)

Holonyms ("white croaker" is a member of...):

genus Genyonemus; Genyonemus (a genus of Sciaenidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters

Synonyms:

queenfish; Seriphus politus; white croaker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("white croaker" is a kind of...):

croaker (any of several fishes that make a croaking noise)

Holonyms ("white croaker" is a member of...):

genus Seriphus; Seriphus (a genus of Sciaenidae)

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