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1. (n.) sunfish
any freshwater fish of the North American family Centrarchidae, including crappies and black bass.
Etymology: (1620–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sunfish
the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
2. (noun) ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola, headfish
among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
3. (noun) sunfish, centrarchid
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
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1. (noun) Sunfish
a very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail
2. (noun) Sunfish
any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish
3. (noun) Sunfish
the moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner
4. (noun) Sunfish
the opah
5. (noun) Sunfish
the basking, or liver, shark
6. (noun) Sunfish
any large jellyfish
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