noun
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the seed of the pumpkin
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a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus, with brightly coloured markings: family Centrarchidae
Etymology
Origin of pumpkinseed
Example Sentences
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Black bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps.
From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 2018
The carrots with carrot tops and a pumpkinseed sauce may remind you of the kinds of things Jeremy Fox puts together at Rustic Canyon, but with a hit of Mexican soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2017
Ugly and floppy, they were still extremely tasty — especially topped with the pumpkinseed chutney, which would probably even make newsprint taste good.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017
A model of tenderness, the coiled octopus rests on a pumpkinseed sauce the color of milk chocolate.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017
I catch three pumpkinseed sunfish and a catfish while Bando gathers tender dandelion leaves, chicory greens, and wild carrots for salad.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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