stumpknocker

stumpknocker
noun
inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish
Hypernyms: ↑freshwater bream, ↑bream
Member Holonyms: ↑Lepomis, ↑genus Lepomis

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a small brown-speckled sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) of the southeastern United States resembling the bluegill and esteemed as a panfish

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/stump"nok'euhr/, n.
[STUMP + KNOCKER]

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  • stumpknocker — /stump nok euhr/, n. See spotted sunfish. [STUMP + KNOCKER] * * * …   Universalium

  • spotted sunfish — noun inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish • Syn: ↑stumpknocker, ↑Lepomis punctatus • Hypernyms: ↑freshwater bream, ↑bream • Member Holonyms: ↑Lepomis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots. Also called stumpknocker. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium

  • freshwater bream — noun 1. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe • Syn: ↑bream • Hypernyms: ↑freshwater fish • Part Holonyms: ↑bream 2. any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Lepomis — noun bream • Syn: ↑Lepomis • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Centrarchidae, ↑family Centrarchidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lepomis — noun bream • Syn: ↑genus Lepomis • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Centrarchidae, ↑family Centrarchidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lepomis punctatus — noun inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish • Syn: ↑spotted sunfish, ↑stumpknocker • Hypernyms: ↑freshwater bream, ↑bream • Member Holonyms: ↑Lepomis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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