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sun·fish
/-ˌfɪʃ/
翻車魚,淡水產小魚
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sun·fish
n.
Zool.
(a)
A
very
large
oceanic
plectognath
fish
(
Mola mola
,
Mola rotunda
,
or
Orthagoriscus mola
)
having
a
broad
body
and
a
truncated
tail
.
(b)
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
(
Lepomis pallidus
),
and
the
long-eared
sunfish
(
Lepomis auritus
).
Several
of
the
species
are
called
also
pondfish
.
(c)
The
moonfish
,
or
bluntnosed
shiner
.
(d)
The
opah
.
(e)
The
basking
,
or
liver
,
shark
.
(f)
Any
large
jellyfish
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
)]
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