Word: sciaena
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: scia
e
na
Definition: Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.
Morphemes:
Affix: sciaena
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σκίαινα
Language: grc
Decoded: skiaina
Meaning: a sea-fish”, perhaps “a kind of grayling” or “ombre