English Dictionary: Sunny | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. |