SERRANID


Meaning of SERRANID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈra-nəd, ˈser-ə-nəd ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Latin serra saw

Date: circa 1900

: any of a large family (Serranidae) of carnivorous marine bony fishes which have an oblong compressed body covered with usually ctenoid scales and many of which are important food and sport fishes (as the sea basses) especially of warm seas

• serranid adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.