Definition of sunfish Sunfish
/sʌˈnfɪˌʃ/ - [sunfish] - sun•fish
We found 12 definitions of sunfish from 4 different sources.
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What does sunfish mean?
WordNet
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| sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed | ||
| centrarchid | ||
| percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | ||
| centrarchidae, family centrarchidae sunfish family | ||
| crappie small sunfishes of central United States rivers | ||
| freshwater bream, bream any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis | ||
| lepomis gibbosus, pumpkinseed small brilliantly colored North American sunfish | ||
| ambloplites rupestris, rock sunfish, rock bass game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes | ||
| black bass widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family) | ||
| sunfish - the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae | ||
| freshwater fish flesh of fish from fresh water used as food | ||
| centrarchid, sunfish small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed | ||
| sunfish - 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 | ||
| ocean sunfish, mola, headfish | ||
| plectognath, plectognath fish tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines | ||
| genus mola type genus of the Molidae | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sunfish (Noun)
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body. - sunfish (Noun)
Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sunfish (n.)
A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail. - sunfish (n.)
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 (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish. - sunfish (n.)
The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. - sunfish (n.)
The opah. - sunfish (n.)
The basking, or liver, shark. - sunfish (n.)
Any large jellyfish.
