sunfish
the ocean sunfish, Mola mola.
any of various other fishes of the family Molidae.
any of several small, brightly colored, spiny-rayed freshwater fishes of the genus Lepomis, of North America, having a deep, compressed body.
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How to use sunfish in a sentence
Leatherback turtles, opah, and large numbers of ocean sunfish have been reported off Washington.
Fishy Mystery: Are Beached Oarfish Trying to Tell Us Something? | Kevin Bailey | October 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI plowed through a couple hundred suspects, throwing back mere centimillionaires the way pro bass fishermen discard sunfish.
Then all of a sudden the blue and yellow floater went under and little Hepzebiah caught a sunfish, too.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonAfter the Toyman had taken the sunfish from the hook and put another worm on it, he threw the line back into the water.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonThe orangespotted sunfish was found in every stream surveyed, although only one specimen was taken from the Arkansas River.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. Metcalf
At the uppermost pool (G-17) only small green sunfish were found.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. MetcalfWhen the time comes, the sunfish makes its nest in the fine gravel, building it with some care—for a fish.
British Dictionary definitions for sunfish
/ (ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ) /
any large plectognath fish of the family Molidae, of temperate and tropical seas, esp Mola mola, which has a large rounded compressed body, long pointed dorsal and anal fins, and a fringelike tail fin
any of various small predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes of the family Centrarchidae, typically having a compressed brightly coloured body
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