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ROCK SUNFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rock sunfish mean? 

ROCK SUNFISH (noun)
  The noun ROCK SUNFISH has 1 sense:

1. game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakesplay

  Familiarity information: ROCK SUNFISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROCK SUNFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ambloplites rupestris; rock bass; rock sunfish

Hypernyms ("rock sunfish" is a kind of...):

centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)

Holonyms ("rock sunfish" is a member of...):

Ambloplites; genus Ambloplites (a genus of Centrarchidae)


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