sunfish
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(noun) small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed |
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Synonyms: centrarchid |
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Related Words: Ambloplites rupestris, Lepomis gibbosus, black bass, bream, crappie, freshwater bream, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, pumpkinseed, rock bass, rock sunfish |
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(noun) any of numerous American lean-fleshed perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae |
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Related Words: crappie, freshwater fish |
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: headfish, mola, ocean sunfish |
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Related Words: Mola lanceolata, plectognath, plectognath fish, sharptail mola |
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