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POMOXIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pomoxis mean?
• POMOXIS (noun)
The noun POMOXIS has 1 sense:
1. crappies
Familiarity information: POMOXIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crappies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pomoxis; Pomoxis
Hypernyms ("Pomoxis" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Pomoxis"):
crappie (small sunfishes of central United States rivers)
Holonyms ("Pomoxis" is a member of...):
Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae (sunfish family)
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