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Cynoscion

noun

sea trout

• Syn: ↑genus Cynoscion

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciaenidae, ↑family Sciaenidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑weakfish, ↑Cynoscion regalis, ↑spotted weakfish, ↑spotted sea trout, ↑spotted squeateague, ↑Cynoscion nebulosus

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\\sə̇ˈnäsēˌän, sīˈ-, -ēən\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from cyn- + -scion (modification of Greek skiaina, a sea fish)

: a genus of marine fishes (family Sciaenidae) containing the weakfishes and related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.