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English noun: sunfish | |||
| 1. | sunfish (food) the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | freshwater fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crappie | ||
| Part meronym | centrarchid, sunfish | ||
| 2. | sunfish (animal) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | headfish, mola, ocean sunfish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plectognath, plectognath fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Mola lanceolata, sharptail mola | ||
| Member meronym | genus Mola | ||
| 3. | sunfish (animal) small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed | ||
| Synonyms | centrarchid | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Ambloplites rupestris, black bass, bream, crappie, freshwater bream, Lepomis gibbosus, pumpkinseed, rock bass, rock sunfish | ||
| Part holonym | sunfish | ||
| Member meronym | Centrarchidae, family Centrarchidae | ||
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