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Panfish

Any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste.

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  1. 1

    Any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste.

    "Panfish are caught primarily for eating, rather than for sport."

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panfishingnounThe process of fishing for panfish.
fish frynoun(US) A meal, especially a cookout, featuring deep-fried, battered fish.
fish kettlenoun(cooking) A type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.
fishlingnounA small or young fish; fry.
fish fingernoun(chiefly UK, Ireland) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.
fish sticknoun(US) A rectangular piece of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.
whitefishnounAny of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
food fishnounAny fish used as human food.
catfishnoun(Internet) Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
sunperchnoun(US) Regional name for any of various North American sunfish caught as panfish.
finfishnoun(informal) Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.
kingfishnounking mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
studfishnounAny of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, such as Fundulus catenatus.
rough fishnounAny fish not considered valuable as sport fish nor used as bait or for food.
sunfishnounAny of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
fishfingernounAlternative form of fish finger. [(chiefly UK, Ireland) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.]
foodfishnounAlternative form of food fish. [Any fish used as human food.]
small frynoun(idiomatic) One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
roundfishnounAny fish that is not a flatfish.
tilefishnounAny of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.

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