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CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Centropristis philadelphica mean? 

CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICA (noun)
  The noun CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICA has 1 sense:

1. a kind of sea bassplay

  Familiarity information: CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of sea bass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Centropristis philadelphica; rock bass; rock sea bass

Hypernyms ("Centropristis philadelphica" is a kind of...):

sea bass (any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("Centropristis philadelphica" is a member of...):

Centropristis; genus Centropristis (sea basses)


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