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sunfish
(encz) | sunfish, |
sunfish
(gcide) | Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also
pond perch, and sunfish.
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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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sunfish
(gcide) | Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(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.
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Sunfish
(gcide) | Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(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 Centrachidae. 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 (Lepomis pallidus), and the long-eared
sunfish (Lepomis 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.
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sunfish
(wn) | sunfish
n 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 [syn:
ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola, headfish]
3: small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America
usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic
luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed [syn:
sunfish, centrarchid] |
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ocean sunfish
(encz) | ocean sunfish, n: |
rock sunfish
(encz) | rock sunfish, n: |
spotted sunfish
(encz) | spotted sunfish, n: |
blue sunfish
(gcide) | Dollardee \Dol`lar*dee"\, n. (Zool.)
A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the
United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and
copper-nosed bream.
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Sunfish
(gcide) | Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also
pond perch, and sunfish.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(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.
[1913 Webster]Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(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 Centrachidae. 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 (Lepomis pallidus), and the long-eared
sunfish (Lepomis 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.
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sunfishes
(gcide) | Bream \Bream\, n. [OE. breme, brem, F. br[^e]me, OF. bresme, of
German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G.
brassen. Cf. Brasse.]
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1. (Zool.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus
Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are
known.
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2. (Zool.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species
of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called
sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.
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3. (Zool.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and
allied genera. See Sea Bream.
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ocean sunfish
(wn) | ocean sunfish
n 1: 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
[syn: ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola, headfish] |
rock sunfish
(wn) | rock sunfish
n 1: game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
[syn: rock bass, rock sunfish, Ambloplites rupestris] |
spotted sunfish
(wn) | spotted sunfish
n 1: inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed
panfish [syn: spotted sunfish, stumpknocker, {Lepomis
punctatus}] |
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