serrann.
/ˈsɛrən/, U.S. /ˈsɛrən/ Ichthyology.
A fish of the genus Serranus or the family Serranidæ, which includes many food fishes, as the black sea bass.
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1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 439 Serran Sparus.
1841 J. Kitto Palestine: Physical Geogr. viii. 416 The Brazen Serran.
1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 57 The Serrans (Serranina), a very numerous sub-family [of the Percadæ].
Derivatives
ˈserranoid adj. and n. belonging to, a fish of, the family Serranidæ.
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1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I iii. 413 The Serranoid fishes of the Pacific coast.
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