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sciaenid

sci.ae.nid \si--'e--n*d\ \-.no.id\ n [deriv. of Gk skiaina, a fish] : any 
   of a family (Sciaenidae) of carnivorous mostly marine percoid fishes  
   comprising the croakers and including numerous food fishes - sciaenid aj