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sunfish

noun

Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed

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Word length
7
Starts with
S
Ends with
H
Contains
UN
Scrabble score
13

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ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ

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noun

  1. Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed

noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. The lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae

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