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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small American fish ({Micropogon undulatus}), of the
Atlantic coast.
(a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus
grunniens}); -- called also {drum}.
(c) The surf fish of California.
Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence
the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.
资料来源 : WordNet®
croaker
n 1: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic
coast of southern U.S.
2: any of several fishes that make a croaking noise