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  1. sunfish:


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Detailed Synonyms for sunfish in English

sunfish:

sunfish [the ~] nom

  1. the sunfish
    – small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed 1
    the sunfish; the centrarchid
    – small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed 1
  2. the sunfish
    – 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 1
    the sunfish; the mola; the ocean sunfish; the headfish
    – 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 1
  3. the sunfish
    – the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae 1
    the sunfish
    – the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae 1

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Related Definitions for "sunfish":

  1. small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed1
  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 waters1
  3. the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae1

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