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Sunfish   /sˈənfˌɪʃ/   Listen
Sunfish

noun
1.
The lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae.
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.  Synonyms: headfish, mola, ocean sunfish.
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.



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"Sunfish" Quotes from Famous Books



... A sunfish was an odd piece. It had round eyes, and the queer little fins just back of its neck looked like shoulder-capes. It was so fat it had ...
— Lord Dolphin • Harriet A. Cheever


Words linked to "Sunfish" :   genus Mola, headfish, Centrarchidae, Ambloplites rupestris, mola, freshwater bream, centrarchid, rock sunfish, percoid fish, percoid, rock bass, black bass, family Centrarchidae, percoidean, Lepomis gibbosus, crappie, Mola lanceolata, plectognath, ocean sunfish, pumpkinseed, plectognath fish, sharptail mola, freshwater fish, bream


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