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Webster 1913 Edition
Sunfish
Sun′fishˊ
,Noun.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sunfish
SUN'FISH
,Noun.
The sunfish is the Tetraodon mola of Linne.
1.
The basking shark.Definition 2024
sunfish
sunfish
English
A sunfish (Centrarchidae)
Noun
sunfish (plural sunfish or sunfishes)
- Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
- Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
Translations
fish of the family Centrarchidae
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fish of the family Molidae
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