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Definition: croaker from Dictionary of Food: International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z

The general term for any of over 200 species of fish which make croaking noises e.g. the Atlantic croaker


croaker

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
member of the abundant and varied family Sciaenidae, carnivorous, spiny-finned fishes including the weakfishes, the drums, and the kingcroakers (or kingfish). The croaker has a compressed, elongated body similar to that of the bass. The name describes the croaking or grunting sounds produced by members of most species, chiefly during the breeding season. Croakers are found in sandy shallows of all temperate and warm seas. They range in weight from the 1-lb (0.5-kg) Atlantic croaker to the 150-lb (68-kg) common drum. The Atlantic croaker, common from Cape Cod to Texas, is an important food fish. The spot-fin croaker is found in the Pacific. The drums, the largest and noisiest croakers, include the red drum, or channel bass, of which over 2 million lb (900,000 kg) are taken per year off Florida; the common, or black, drum, found from New England to the Rio Grande; and the freshwater drum, found in central North America. The kingcroakers or kingfishes, also known as whitings, include the…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
member of the abundant and varied family Sciaenidae, carnivorous, spiny-finned fishes including the weakfishes, the drums, and the kingcroakers (or kingfish). The croaker has a compressed, elongated body similar to that of the bass. The name describes the croaking or grunting sounds produced by…
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From The Oxford Companion to Food
a general name applied to a large number of species of fish in the family Sciaenidae. This family includes 200 or more species, some of whose members will be found under drum (another general name), kingfish , and meagre . The name croaker, although imprecise, is used with reason, since it is…
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From The Macquarie Dictionary
to utter a low, hoarse, dismal cry, as a frog or a raven. croaks, croaking, croaked to speak with a low, hollow voice. croaks, croaking, croaked to talk despondently; forebode evil; grumble. croaks, croaking, croaked Colloquial to die Queensland's oldest cane toad has finally croaked. sun 1986, …
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
In slang this means to die, the term probably coming from the hoarse death rattle or croak of the expiring breath. A hedge doctor or wandering quack was known as a Crocus, or someone who made his patients croak. A raven, so called from its croak, and also a grumbling person, or one who takes a…
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
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From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary
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From Dictionary of Food: International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z
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