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Definition of: sunfish
(sun′fish′) noun plural ·fish or ·fish·es
1. A large pelagic plectognath fish (genus Mola), having a deep compressed body truncate behind, as Mola mola of warm and tropical seas. It has tough and leathery flesh.
2. Any of several North American fresh–water perchlike fishes (family Centrarchidae) of the genus Lepomis, as the pumpkinseed.
(Up to 8 feet in length)
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