Found 3 items, similar to croaker.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: croak
berdengkang-dengkang, menguak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: croaker
croaker
n 1: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic
coast of southern U.S.
2: any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
English → English (gcide)
Definition: croaker
Sciaenoid
\Sci*[ae]"noid\, a. [L. sci[ae]na a kind of fish (fr.
Gr. ?) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the
Sci[ae]nid[ae], a family of
carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre (
Sciaena umbra
or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the
drum and
croaker families. The
croaker is so called because it may
make a croaking noise by use of its bladder; the
Atlantic croaker
(
Micropogonias undulatus, formerly
Micropogon undulatus
) and the squeteague are a members of the croaker
family, and the
kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Sciaenoid
\Sci*[ae]"noid\, a. [L. sci[ae]na a kind of fish (fr.
Gr. ?) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the
Sci[ae]nid[ae], a family of
carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre (
Sciaena umbra
or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the
drum and
croaker families. The
croaker is so called because it may
make a croaking noise by use of its bladder; the
Atlantic croaker
(
Micropogonias undulatus, formerly
Micropogon undulatus
) and the squeteague are a members of the croaker
family, and the
kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC]