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 adjective or noun
-ˌkȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from centrarchus, type genus (from Greek kentron sharp point + archos rectum) + -idae