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Lepomis

noun

bream

• Syn: ↑genus Lepomis

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Centrarchidae, ↑family Centrarchidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑pumpkinseed, ↑Lepomis gibbosus, ↑bluegill, ↑Lepomis macrochirus, ↑spotted sunfish, ↑stumpknocker, ↑Lepomis punctatus

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\\lə̇ˈpōmə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lepis scale, flake + -pomis (from pōma lid, cover, operculum); akin to Greek poimēn herdsman, shepherd, pōy herd, flock — more at lepid-, fur

: a genus of No. American freshwater sunfishes (family Centrarchidae) that includes the bluegill and several closely related panfishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.