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FRESHWATER BASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American food and game fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("freshwater bass" is a kind of...):
bass (nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes)
Meronyms (parts of "freshwater bass"):
bass; freshwater bass (any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus))
Holonyms ("freshwater bass" is a member of...):
Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae (sunfish family)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
Synonyms:
bass; freshwater bass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("freshwater bass" is a kind of...):
freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freshwater bass"):
largemouth bass (flesh of largemouth bass)
smallmouth bass (flesh of smallmouth bass)
Holonyms ("freshwater bass" is a part of...):
freshwater bass (North American food and game fish)