croaker
1Croaker — bezeichnet: Fische: Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) Kingcroakers (Menticirrhus) Spot Croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus) Spotfin Croaker (Roncador stearnsii) Umberfische (Sciaenidae) White Croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), um Großbritannien… …
2Croaker — can mean another name for Sciaenidae Croaker, Virginia USS Croaker (SS 246) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you …
3Croaker — Croak er ( ?r), n. 1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small American fish ({Micropogon undulatus}), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh… …
4Croaker — Croaker, Pseudonym von Fitz Greene Halleck …
5croaker — prophet of evil, 1630s, agent noun from CROAK (Cf. croak) (v.); a reference to the raven (Cf. M.E. crake a raven, early 14c., from O.N. kraka crow, of imitative origin) …
6croaker — [krōk′ər] n. 1. an animal that croaks 2. any of various drum fishes that make croaking or grunting sounds 3. a person who talks dismally or foretells evil 4. Slang a doctor …
7croaker — Sciaenoid Sci*[ae] noid, a. [L. sci[ae]na a kind of fish (fr. Gr. ?) + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Sci[ae]nid[ae]}, a family of carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre ({Sciaena umbra} or {Sciaena aquila}), and fish of… …
8croaker — Sciaenoid Sci*[ae] noid, a. [L. sci[ae]na a kind of fish (fr. Gr. ?) + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Sci[ae]nid[ae]}, a family of carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre ({Sciaena umbra} or {Sciaena aquila}), and fish of… …
9croaker — n. a doctor. □ I went to the croaker with my sore throat. □ The croaker said my tonsils have to come out …
10croaker — /kroh keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that croaks. 2. any of several sciaenoid fishes that make a croaking noise, esp. Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker), found off the Atlantic coast of the southern U.S. 3. a person who grumbles or… …
