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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
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

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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