sunfish

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

Noun

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

Origin

* From sun + fish. * (type of fish): Perhaps from the rounded body shape.

Forms

sunfish sunfishes

Derived

longear sunfish mud sunfish ocean sunfish

Verb

Of an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and roll back and forth.

Forms

sunfishes sunfishing sunfished

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