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Pomoxis

noun

crappies

• Syn: ↑genus Pomoxis

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Centrarchidae, ↑family Centrarchidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑crappie

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\\pəˈmäksə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pōmat-, pōma lid + oxys sharp — more at pomacentridae, oxy-

: a genus of sunfishes (family Centrarchidae) including the No. American black and white crappies

Useful english dictionary. 2012.