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Definition of Bluegill
1. Noun. Important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States.
Generic synonyms: Bream, Freshwater Bream
Group relationships: Genus Lepomis, Lepomis
Definition of Bluegill
1. Noun. A North American sunfish; ''Lepomis macrochirus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluegill
1. an edible sunfish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluegill
Literary usage of Bluegill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide to Michigan by Kevin Hillstrom (1998)
"Top-notch fishing lakes in Southeast Michigan include Belleville Lake (channel
catfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill, northern pike, walleye, ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"bluegill Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill) The bluegill is perhaps the best known and
certainly the most important of all. our true sunfishes. ..."
3. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"bluegill had a mean weight of 47.96 g (±11.92) and mean total length of ...
Proportional stock densities were 11% for bluegill and 4% for channel catfish. ..."
4. The Virginia Handbook by Blair Howard (2001)
"Lake Curtis is a 91-acre lake with a boat ramp, and lots of largemouth bass,
bluegill, black crappie, pumpkinseed, walleye, tiger musky and channel catfish. ..."
5. Goin' Fishin': Weather and Feed Facts; the Fresh-water Game Fish; the by Carroll Blaine Cook (1920)
"The bluegill is probably more numerous than the other pan-fish, and is found in
... The bluegill runs to good size as the pan-fish go, and is, I believe, ..."
6. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1890)
"The bluegill nests were saucer-shaped depressions in the gravel from 16 to 20
... The feeding habits of the bluegill and crappie are markedly different. ..."
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