What does sunfish mean?

Definitions for sunfish
ˈsʌnˌfɪʃsun·fish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sunfishnoun

    the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae

  2. ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola, headfishnoun

    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. sunfish, centrarchidnoun

    small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed

Wiktionary

  1. sunfishnoun

    Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.

  2. sunfishnoun

    Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.

ChatGPT

  1. sunfish

    Sunfish are a group of freshwater fish species native to North America, belonging to the Centrarchidae family. They are usually characterized by their unique shape with laterally compressed bodies, spiny and soft-rayed dorsal fins, and small mouths. The term "sunfish" may also refer to larger marine species, including the ocean sunfish (mola mola). They get their name due to the bright and vibrant color patterns that many species exhibit, reminiscent of the colors of the sun.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sunfishnoun

    a very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail

  2. Sunfishnoun

    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. Sunfishnoun

    the moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner

  4. Sunfishnoun

    the opah

  5. Sunfishnoun

    the basking, or liver, shark

  6. Sunfishnoun

    any large jellyfish

Wikidata

  1. Sunfish

    The Sunfish sailboat is a personal size, beach launched sailing dinghy utilizing a pontoon type hull carrying a lateen sail mounted to an un-stayed mast. Sunfish was developed by Alcort, Inc. and first appeared around 1952 as the “next generation” improvement on their original boat, the Sailfish. In contrast, the Sunfish has a wider beam for more stability, increased freeboard and the addition of a foot-well for a more comfortable sailing position. Sunfish began as a wood hull design and progressed to fiberglass construction just a few years after its introduction. Having a lateen sail with its simple two line rigging makes a Sunfish simple to learn sailing on and to set up. Upgrades can be added to enhance sail control for competitive sailing, making the boat attractive to both novice and experienced sailors alike. Due to the broad appeal of the Sunfish, in 1995 it was commended by The American Sailboat Hall of Fame for being “the most popular fiberglass boat ever designed, with a quarter million sold worldwide”. Today, the Sunfish brand-name has become so widely known it is often misapplied generically to refer to any brand board-style boat sporting the characteristic lateen sail.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sunfish in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sunfish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sunfish in a Sentence

  1. Marianne Nyegaard:

    The new species managed to evade discovery for nearly three centuries by ‘hiding’ in a messy history of sunfish taxonomy, partially because they are so difficult to preserve and study, even for natural history museums, that is why we named it Mola tecta (the Hoodwinker Sunfish), derived from the Latin tectus, meaning disguised or hidden.

  2. Marianne Nyegaard:

    A Japanese research group first found genetic evidence of an unknown sunfish species in Australian waters 10 years ago, but the fish kept eluding the scientific community because we didn't know what it looked like, finding these fish and storing specimens for studies is a logistical nightmare due to their elusive nature and enormous size, so sunfish research is difficult at the best of times.

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