sunfish
IPA: sˈʌnfɪʃ
noun
- 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
- (intransitive) Of an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and roll back and forth.
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Examples of "sunfish" in Sentences
- Ocean sunfish is such an article.
- The sunfish lacks a swim bladder.
- Sunfish Pond has an elevation of .
- The Sunfish is an oddity in the sailing world.
- Among these were a white catfish and a sunfish.
- Sunfish are pelagic and swim at depths of up to.
- Sunfish are pelagic and swim at depths of up to .
- In human terms, it is actually a Sunfish, not a bass...
- The lake provides a habitat for perch, pickerel, sunfish, catfish, and trout.
- Given this fact, scientists now postulate that basking may be a way for sunfish to thermally recharge themselves.