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    CRAPPIE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small sunfishes of central United States riversplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("crappie" is a kind of...):

    centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)

    Meronyms (parts of "crappie"):

    crappie (small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crappie"):

    black crappie; Pomoxis nigromaculatus (a crappie that is black)

    Pomoxis annularis; white crappie (a crappie that is white)

    Holonyms ("crappie" is a member of...):

    genus Pomoxis; Pomoxis (crappies)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States riversplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("crappie" is a kind of...):

    sunfish (the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae)

    Holonyms ("crappie" is a part of...):

    crappie (small sunfishes of central United States rivers)

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