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Sunfish

/ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/

Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.

📖 Definitions of "Sunfish"

noun

1
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
2
Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
molanoun	A sunfish, Mola mola.
ocean sunfishnoun	A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.
headfishnoun	The sunfish (of family Molidae).
centrarchidnoun	(zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae, the freshwater sunfishes.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
ocean sunfishnoun	A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.
headfishnoun	The sunfish (of family Molidae).
centrarchidnoun	(zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae, the freshwater sunfishes.
molanoun	A sunfish, Mola mola.
bluegillnoun	A North American sunfish; Lepomis macrochirus.
redbreastnoun	A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
pumpkinseednoun	A North American sunfish; Lepomis gibbosus.
bassnoun	A low spectrum of sound tones.
redearnoun	Synonym of shellcracker.
sailboatsnoun	(nautical) A boat propelled by a sail.
filefishnoun	Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
studfishnoun	Any of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, such as Fundulus catenatus.
moonfishnoun	Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
pondfishnoun	Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.
horsefishnoun	Any of several species of fish in the family Congiopodidae.
crestfishnoun	Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
centriscidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Centriscidae.
sunny	(of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
bandfishnoun	Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
lutefishnoun	Any of a family of characiform fish (Citharinidae), including the genera Citharidium (one species), Citharinops (one species), and Citharinus (6 species).