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English Dictionary: sunfish	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for sunfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunfish n the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae 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(s): ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola, headfish small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed Synonym(s): sunfish, centrarchid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine fish ({Vomer setipennis}); -- called also {bluntnosed shiner}, {horsefish}, and {sunfish}. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ({Selene vomer}); -- called also {lookdown}, and {silver moonfish}. (c) The mola. See {Sunfish}, 1.
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]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sunfish, KY Zip code(s): 42284