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sunfish
n 1: the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes
of the family Centrarchidae
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 [syn: ocean sunfish, mola, headfish]
3: small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America
usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic
luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed [syn:
centrarchid]
[also: sunfishes (pl)]