Sun"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
(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 Centrachidæ. 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.
Sun"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
(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 Centrachidæ. 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.
