[syn: sunfish, centrarchid]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also
pond perch, and sunfish.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common pondfish of New England (Lepomis gibbosus)
is called also bream, pumpkin seed, and sunny.
See Sunfish. The long-eared pondfish (Lepomis
auritus) of the Eastern United States is distinguished
by its very long opercular flap.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called
also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
(b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --
called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
(c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola
rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body
and a truncated tail.
(b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They
have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
Among the common species of the Eastern United States are
Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish,
pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or
dollardee (Lepomis pallidus), and the long-eared
sunfish (Lepomis auritus). Several of the species are
called also pondfish.
(c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
(d) The opah.
(e) The basking, or liver, shark.
(f) Any large jellyfish.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sunfish
n 1: the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like
fishes of the family Centrarchidae
2: 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 [syn:
ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola, headfish]
3: small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America
usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic
luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed [syn:
sunfish, centrarchid]