sunfish

Noun
  1. The lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae (synset 107796283)
    is a type of: freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
    subtypes: crappie - small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
    is a part of: centrarchid, sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
  2. 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 (synset 102659300)
    is a type of: plectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
    subtypes: mola lanceolata, sharptail mola - caudal fin has a central projection
    belongs to: genus mola - type genus of the Molidae
    same as: headfish, mola, ocean sunfish
  3. Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies;
    Black bass;
    Bluegills;
    Pumpkinseed (synset 102564946)
    is a type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
    subtypes:
    belongs to: centrarchidae, family centrarchidae - sunfish family
    has: sunfish - the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
    same as: centrarchid

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