ambloplites rupestris

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ambloplites rupestris - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Goggle-eye \Gog"gle-eye`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes
         of the family Centrarchid[ae], esp. Ch[ae]nobryttus   antistius
         , of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and
         Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and
         Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent
         eyes.
     (b) The goggler.
         [1913 Webster]

ambloplites rupestris - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ambloplites rupestris
      n 1: game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
           [syn: rock bass, rock sunfish, Ambloplites rupestris]