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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moonfish  \Moon"fish`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sunfish  \Sun"fish`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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  {Centrachid[ae]}.  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  ({L.  pallidus}),  and  the  long-eared  sunfish 
  ({L.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pondfish  \Pond"fish`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  American  fresh-water  fishes 
  belonging  to  the  family  {Centrarchid[ae]};  --  called  also 
  {pond  perch},  and  {sunfish}. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sunfish 
  n  1:  any  of  numerous  American  lean-fleshed  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},  {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: 
  {centrarchid}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Sunfish,  KY 
  Zip  code(s):  42284




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