sunfish

Definition of Sunfish in English :

Noun

1. sunfish

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

2. headfish, mola, ocean sunfish, sunfish

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. centrarchid, sunfish

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

centrarchid

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sunfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes

1.

any large plectognath fish of the family Molidae, of temperate and tropical seas, esp Mola mola, which has a large rounded compressed body, long pointed dorsal and anal fins, and a fringelike tail fin

2.

any of various small predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes of the family Centrarchidae, typically having a compressed brightly coloured body

Sunfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈsunˌfish or ˈsunˌfishes

1. US

any of a large family (Centrarchidae) of North American, percoid, freshwater fishes, including the bluegill and black bass

2.

ocean sunfish

Sunfish

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n. pl. sunfish or sun·fish·es

1. Any of various North American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, having laterally compressed, often brightly colored bodies and including the crappies, black bass, bluegill, and pumpkinseed.

2. Any of several large marine fishes of the family Molidae, especially the ocean sunfish.

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