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LEPOMIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepomis mean?
• LEPOMIS (noun)
The noun LEPOMIS has 1 sense:
1. bream
Familiarity information: LEPOMIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bream
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lepomis; Lepomis
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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