Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 marine
   fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the
   kingfish.