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CRAPPIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small sunfishes of central United States rivers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crappie" is a kind of...):
centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)
Meronyms (parts of "crappie"):
crappie (small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crappie"):
black crappie; Pomoxis nigromaculatus (a crappie that is black)
Pomoxis annularis; white crappie (a crappie that is white)
Holonyms ("crappie" is a member of...):
genus Pomoxis; Pomoxis (crappies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("crappie" is a kind of...):
sunfish (the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae)
Holonyms ("crappie" is a part of...):
crappie (small sunfishes of central United States rivers)