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Ambloplites

noun

a genus of Centrarchidae

• Syn: ↑genus Ambloplites

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Centrarchidae, ↑family Centrarchidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑rock bass, ↑rock sunfish, ↑Ambloplites rupestris

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\\ˌamˌbläp.ˈlīd.ēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek amblys blunt + hoplitēs hoplite

: a genus of sunfishes (family Centrarchidae) including the rock bass of the central United States and Great Lakes region

Useful english dictionary. 2012.