The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A very large oceanic plectognath fish ( Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail.
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.
The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
The opah.
The basking, or liver, shark.
Any large jellyfish.
Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also pond perch, and sunfish.
Note: The common pondfish of New England ( Lepomis gibbosus) is called also bream, pumpkin seed, and sunny. See Sunfish. The long-eared pondfish ( Lepomis auritus) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap.
WordNet
n. the edible seed of a pumpkin
Usage examples of "pumpkin seed".
The large weapons platform shot the massive hyper-velocity round out like a pumpkin seed and continued on its path.
The egg-shaped pod flattened till it looked more like a giant pumpkin seed.
At the forward point of the pumpkin seed a blur of purple appeared, then stretched about the seed like a thin mist.
Zedd tried to snatch it with a magic, but it was like trying to pinch a pumpkin seed with greased fingers.
It an instant, like a pumpkin seed squeezed between wet fingers, he squirted away from the deadly grip.