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Noun: centrarchid
  1. Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic lustre: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
    - sunfish

Derived forms: centrarchids

Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

Part of: Centrarchidae, family Centrarchidae

Encyclopedia: Centrarchid