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CENTROPRISTIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea basses

Synonyms:

Centropristis; genus Centropristis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Centropristis" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Centropristis"):

Centropristis philadelphica; rock bass; rock sea bass (a kind of sea bass)

black bass; black sea bass; Centropistes striata (bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States)

Holonyms ("Centropristis" is a member of...):

family Serranidae; Serranidae (marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish)

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