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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One of two or more species of American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae.; The warmouth, Lepomis gulosus, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters.
2. 2
   of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait wordnet
3. 3
   One of two or more species of American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae.; Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley.
4. 4
   A fish, the goggler, Selar crumenophthalmus.

Synonyms

All synonyms

big-eyed scadbigeye scadchaenobryttus antistiuschaenobryttus gulosusgogglerselar crumenophthalmus

Etymology

Named for its prominent eyes. From adj. google ('bulging').

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