Centrarchidae

plural noun

Cen·​trar·​chi·​dae

-kəˌdē

: a family of North American carnivorous percoid freshwater fishes containing the sunfishes, crappies, black basses, and others valuable as food and game

centrarchoid

-ˌkȯid

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from centrarchus, type genus (from Greek kentron sharp point + archos rectum) + -idae

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