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sunfish

  • noun
  • /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/

Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.

Other meanings

  1. Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.

A kind of

  • freshwater fish

Kinds of sunfish

  • crappie

Related words

  • longear sunfish
  • mud sunfish
  • ocean sunfish

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sunfish” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.