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FRESHWATER BASS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American food and game fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("freshwater bass" is a kind of...):

bass (nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes)

Meronyms (parts of "freshwater bass"):

bass; freshwater bass (any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus))

Holonyms ("freshwater bass" is a member of...):

Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae (sunfish family)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

Synonyms:

bass; freshwater bass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("freshwater bass" is a kind of...):

freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freshwater bass"):

largemouth bass (flesh of largemouth bass)

smallmouth bass (flesh of smallmouth bass)

Holonyms ("freshwater bass" is a part of...):

freshwater bass (North American food and game fish)

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