serranid — noun marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters • Syn: ↑serranid fish • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑white perch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
serranid — /ˈsɛrənɪd/ (say seruhnid) adjective 1. belonging to the Serranidae, a numerous family of fishes including the sea basses, groupers, jewfishes, etc. –noun 2. a serranid fish. {New Latin Serrānus, genus of fishes (from Latin serra saw, sawfish) +… …
percoid fish — noun any of numerous spiny finned fishes of the order Perciformes • Syn: ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑perch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
percoid — noun any of numerous spiny finned fishes of the order Perciformes • Syn: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoidean • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑perch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
percoidean — noun any of numerous spiny finned fishes of the order Perciformes • Syn: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑perch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sea bass — noun 1. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae • Syn: ↑bass • Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish • Hyponyms: ↑striped bass, ↑striper 2. any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elon … Useful english dictionary
white perch — noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams • Syn: ↑silver perch, ↑Morone americana • Hypernyms: ↑serranid fish, ↑serranid • Member Holonyms: ↑Morone, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
silver perch — noun 1. small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico • Syn: ↑mademoiselle, ↑Bairdiella chrysoura • Hypernyms: ↑drum, ↑drumfish • Member Holonyms: ↑Bairdiella … Useful english dictionary
family Serranidae — noun marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish • Syn: ↑Serranidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Morone americana — noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams • Syn: ↑white perch, ↑silver perch • Hypernyms: ↑serranid fish, ↑serranid • Member Holonyms: ↑Morone, ↑genus Morone … Useful english dictionary