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Defenition of the word sunfish

    • Defenition of the word 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
      • any of numerous American lean-fleshed perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
      • small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
      • the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae

    Synonyms for the word sunfish

      • centrarchid
      • headfish
      • mola
      • ocean sunfish

    Meronymys for the word sunfish

      • centrarchid
      • Centrarchidae
      • family Centrarchidae
      • genus Mola
      • sunfish

    Hyponyms for the word sunfish

      • Ambloplites rupestris
      • black bass
      • bream
      • crappie
      • freshwater bream
      • Lepomis gibbosus
      • Mola lanceolata
      • pumpkinseed
      • rock bass
      • rock sunfish
      • sharptail mola

    Hypernyms for the word sunfish

      • freshwater fish
      • percoid
      • percoid fish
      • percoidean
      • plectognath
      • plectognath fish

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