croaker

/ˈkroʊkər/

/ˈkrʌʊkə/

Other forms: croakers

Definitions of croaker

1. noun

   any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
   types:

   Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus

   a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels

   Umbrina roncador, surf fish, surffish, yellowfin croaker

   a fish of the Pacific coast of North America

   Genyonemus lineatus, chenfish, kingfish, white croaker

   small silvery marine food fish found off California

   Seriphus politus, queenfish, white croaker

   silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters

   type of:

   sciaenid, sciaenid fish

   widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
2. noun

   the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
   type of:

   saltwater fish

   flesh of fish from the sea used as food