croaker
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- noun
- /ˈkroʊkər/
- Specialized
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pez croaker
- This is especially true for mackerel, bonito, and white croaker.
- white croaker
Examples
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The fish caught were alewives, bluefish, croakers, eels, flounder, mullet, and weakfish, besides horseshoe crabs.
Academic text (1990) -
At times, two typically southern fishes, Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) and Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus), were abundant enough to be important in commercial catches.
Academic text (1990) -
Along with these two fish, they caught croakers, spot, and others in the nets.
Academic text (1990) -
The fish caught included bluefish and croakers.
Academic text (1990) -
White croaker, the most abundant species in Santa Cruz, comprised less than 2% of the Monterey catch.
Academic text (1995) -
The fish were bottom dwellers like red drum, black drum, croaker, sea catfish, skate, and flounder.
Academic text (2006) -
Atlantic croaker, sand sea trout, spot, and kingfishes were the other most common catches for saltwater anglers last year.
Blog text (25) -
Fishermen often use live croaker as bait to attract larger game fish during the summer.
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In the shallow waters near the shore, you can hear the distinctive croaking of croaker fish.
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Last weekend, we caught several croakers while fishing near the jetties at sunset.
Synonyms
A fish that lives near the shore and makes a croaking sound
A fish like a drum or croaker that makes sound using a bag of air inside and eats other animals
A fish like a drum or croaker that makes sounds
Compounds
A silvery sea fish with dark marks and a small chin whisker that makes a croaking sound
A small silver fish that lives in shallow coastal waters off California and is eaten
A fish with yellow fins that makes a croaking sound and lives off the Pacific coast of North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Croaker comes from the sound word croak, which means 'to make a low, rough sound' like a frog or a grunting fish. So a croaker is a fish named for the noise it makes.