"kivver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kivvers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kivver (plural kivvers)
  1. A fish, Lepomis gibbosus. Categories (lifeform): Sunfish Synonyms: pumpkinseed
    Sense id: en-kivver-en-noun-XgTVjcme Disambiguation of Sunfish: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: kivvers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kivver (plural kivvers)
  1. (archaic, dialect) Alternative form of kiver Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal Alternative form of: kiver
    Sense id: en-kivver-en-noun-dJXG5ZjR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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