Akademik

Stizostedion

noun

pike-perches

• Syn: ↑genus Stizostedion

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Percidae, ↑family Percidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑pike-perch, ↑pike perch

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\\-ˈstēdēən\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from stiz- (from Greek stizein to tattoo) + -o- + -stedion (perhaps irregular from Greek stēthion small breast, diminutive of stēthos breast)

: a genus of pike perches including the sauger and the walleye

Useful english dictionary. 2012.