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FAMILY CENTRARCHIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sunfish family
Synonyms:
Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Centrarchidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Centrarchidae"):
centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)
genus Pomoxis; Pomoxis (crappies)
genus Lepomis; Lepomis (bream)
Ambloplites; genus Ambloplites (a genus of Centrarchidae)
freshwater bass (North American food and game fish)
genus Micropterus; Micropterus (American freshwater black basses)
Holonyms ("family Centrarchidae" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)
