Associations to the word «Centrarchid»

Noun

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Wiktionary

CENTRARCHID, noun. (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.

Dictionary definition

CENTRARCHID, noun. Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats