CENTRARCHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Centrarchidae mean? 

• CENTRARCHIDAE (noun)
  The noun CENTRARCHIDAE has 1 sense:

1. sunfish family

  Familiarity information: CENTRARCHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRARCHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sunfish family

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)