sunfish
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with…Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
Meaning
2 sensesAny of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
Sonnenbarsch
со́лнечный о́куньsólnečnyj ókunʹ, со́лнечная ры́баsólnečnaja rýba
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed
Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
Mondfisch
рыба-лунаryba-luna
риба-місяцьryba-misjacʹ
Examples
1 sentencesThen, in the middle of the Tasman Sea, the 98-foot yacht's progress was temporarily halted when it ran into a giant sunfish.
Translations
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Origin
* From sun + fish.* From sun + fish.
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Forms
plural: sunfish / sunfishesSynonyms
4 synonyms- small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed:centrarchid
- 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:ocean sunfishmolaheadfish
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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