croaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce croaker in British English:
UK ['krəʊkə]
How to pronounce croaker in American English:
US ['kroʊkə]
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- Noun:
- the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
- any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
Word Origin
- croaker (n.)
- "prophet of evil," 1630s, agent noun from croak (v.); a reference to the raven (compare Middle English crake "a raven," early 14c., from Old Norse kraka "crow," of imitative origin).
Example
- 1. Breeding technology for disease-resistant and stress-tolerant large yellow croaker .
- 2. You need your space trom croaker land then .
- 3. Frozen bonito , frozen mackerel , frozen yellow croaker , frozen octopus , frozen squid , other fishes and cephalopod byproduct .
- 4. Honey smoked pompano and organic croaker .
- 5. Induction and microsatellite analysis of homozygous gynogenesis in large yellow croaker pseudosciaena crocea .