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MORONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Morone mean?
• MORONE (noun)
The noun MORONE has 1 sense:
1. carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes
Familiarity information: MORONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Morone; Morone
Hypernyms ("Morone" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Morone"):
Morone americana; silver perch; white perch (small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams)
Morone interrupta; yellow bass (North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass)
Holonyms ("Morone" is a member of...):
family Serranidae; Serranidae (marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish)
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