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sunfish
n.
any of a number of small North American fresh-water fish; any of a number of large marine fish
Sunfish
Sunfish or
sun-fish may refer to:
Saltwater fish
sunfish
Noun
1. the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
(hypernym) freshwater fish
(hyponym) crappie
(part-holonym) centrarchid
2. 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
(synonym) ocean sunfish, mola, headfish
(hypernym) plectognath, plectognath fish
(hyponym) sharptail mola, Mola lanceolata
(member-holonym) genus Mola
3. small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
(synonym) centrarchid
(hypernym) percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
(hyponym) crappie
(member-holonym) Centrarchidae, family Centrarchidae
Sunfish
(n.)
The opah.
(n.)
The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
(n.)
The basking, or liver, shark.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Any large jellyfish.
(n.)
A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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