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Definition: Orthagoriscus mola
Sunfish
\Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(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
Centrachid[ae]. 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.
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