Library / English Dictionary

LEPOMIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bream

Synonyms:

genus Lepomis; Lepomis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lepomis"):

Lepomis gibbosus; pumpkinseed (small brilliantly colored North American sunfish)

bluegill; Lepomis macrochirus (important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States)

Lepomis punctatus; spotted sunfish; stumpknocker (inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish)

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

Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae (sunfish family)

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