Crossword clues for sunfish
sunfish
- Among the largest bony fish
- The lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
- Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster crappies
- Bright swimmer
- Sushi candidate
- Largemouth bass, for one
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American marine fish ( Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ( Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
n. the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters [syn: ocean sunfish, mola, headfish]
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed [syn: centrarchid]
[also: sunfishes (pl)]
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
Sunfish or sun-fish may refer to:
The Sunfish sailboat is a personal size, beach launched sailing dinghy utilizing a pontoon type hull carrying a lateen sail mounted to an un- stayed mast.
Sunfish was developed by Alcort, Inc. and first appeared around 1952 as the "next generation" improvement on their original boat, the Sailfish. In contrast, the Sunfish has a wider beam for more stability, increased freeboard and the addition of a foot-well for a more comfortable sailing position. Sunfish began as a wood hull design and progressed to fiberglass construction just a few years after its introduction.
Having a lateen sail with its simple two line rigging makes a Sunfish simple to learn sailing on and to set up. Upgrades can be added to enhance sail control for competitive sailing, making the boat attractive to both novice and experienced sailors alike.
Due to the broad appeal of the Sunfish, in 1995 it was commended by The American Sailboat Hall of Fame for being "the most popular fiberglass boat ever designed, with a quarter million sold worldwide" (at that point in time). Today, the Sunfish brand-name has become so widely known it is often misapplied generically to refer to any brand board-style boat sporting the characteristic lateen sail. Currently manufactured by Laser Performance.
Usage examples of "sunfish".
I catch three pumpkinseed sunfish and a catfish while Bando gathers tender dandelion leaves, chicory greens, and wild carrots for salad.
And Sahwah the Sunfish, the lover of maiden bravery, the envier of heroines, was the greatest of them all, and knew it not.
Sunfish and water-ski renters who plied the small stretches of beach between hotels.
He remembers how Cindy that time stood on the centerboard and the Sunfish came upright again, its mast hurling arcs of droplets against the sky.
The Sunfish bobs in the breaking waves of shallow water, and Judy pulls up the centerboard and jumps off into water up to her shiny hips and pulls the boat like a barge through the last yards before the bow scrapes sand.
I catch three pumpkinseed sunfish and a catfish while Bando gathers tender dandelion leaves, chicory greens, and wild carrots for salad.
Using Lewis's ballpark figures that the Sunfish can cruise on the surface at fifteen knots, she should be able to make Mindanao in ten days.
The sunfish was followed by a pair of small hammerhead sharks no more than five feet in length.
He found large-mouth black bass, goggle-eyes, two species of sunfish, hickory shad, and several kinds of minnows.
The passengers on the port side of the boat were treated to the sight of a huge sunfish, often called a Mola Mola.
And then we'll pick up Cap-tain Houser at the Sunfish, and have several drinks to mark the nonsailing of the Sunfish as originally scheduled.
The Emirates fighters would have been sitting ducks for a Messerschmitt or Spitfire, but they were like sharks against a fat ocean sunfish compared to the slow, lumbering transport the Tawantiinsuujan was flying.
The Emirate's fighters would have been sitting ducks for a Messerschmitt or Spitfire, but they were like sharks against a fat ocean sunfish compared to the slow, lumbering transport the Tawantiinsuujan was flying.
If a Japanese patrol boat appeared, or worse, an airplane, the Sunfish would be in trouble.
It dumped Long Island, Cape Cod, Nantucket, and most of Martha's Vineyard where previously there had just been sea, and it gouged out the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and little Sunfish Pond, among much else.