lepomis macrochirus

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   important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States

   Synonymsbluegill

   Broaderfreshwater bream

   Part ofLepomis

Questions about lepomis macrochirus

What does lepomis macrochirus mean?

lepomis macrochirus means "important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States".

What is another word for lepomis macrochirus?

Close synonyms include bluegill. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lepomis macrochirus a common word?

lepomis macrochirus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.