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English Dictionary: Sunny by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunny
adj
  1. bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
    Synonym(s): cheery, gay, sunny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sunny \Sun"ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Sunfish}
      (b) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola
            rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body
            and a truncated tail.
      (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
            fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[91]}. 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}.
      (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
      (d) The opah.
      (e) The basking, or liver, shark.
      (f) Any large jellyfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sunny \Sun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Sunnier}; superl. {Sunniest}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or
            resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant;
            radiant. [bd]Sunny beams.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Sunny
            locks.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by
            the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny
            side of a hill.
  
                     Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition.
  
                     My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon
                     repair.                                             --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
      belonging to the family {Centrarchid[91]}; -- called also
      {pond perch}, and {sunfish}.
  
      Note: The common pondfish of New England ({Lepomis gibbosus})
               is called also {bream}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}.
               See {Sunfish}. The long-eared pondfish ({Lepomis
               auritus}) of the Eastern United States is distinguished
               by its very long opercular flap.
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