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LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepomis macrochirus mean?

• LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS (noun)
The noun LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS has 1 sense:

1. important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States

Familiarity information: LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Lepomis macrochirus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bluegill; Lepomis macrochirus

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

bream; freshwater bream (any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis)

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

genus Lepomis; Lepomis (bream)

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