/suy ee"noyd/ , adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
n.
2. a sciaenoid fish.
Also, sciaenid /suy ee"nid/ .
[ 1830-40; sciaen ( a ) kind of fish ( skíaîna ) + -OID ]