sciaena

See also: Sciaena

English

Etymology

From Latin sciaena, from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea-fish”, perhaps “a kind of grayling” or “ombre”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow, shade”) and -ινα (-ina, “suffix forming related feminine nouns”).

Noun

sciaena (plural sciaenas)

1. Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.

Anagrams

• caesian