sunfish

Meanings

Plural: sunfish, sunfishes

Noun

• the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
• 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
• 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 small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
• Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.

Verb

• Of an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and roll back and forth.

Synonyms

centrarchid, headfish, mola, ocean sunfish