GENUS LEPOMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lepomis mean? 

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

1. bream

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LEPOMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lepomis; Lepomis

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Lepomis" is a member of...):

Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae (sunfish family)