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sunfish

/ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
sun-fish
IPA
/ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.

verb

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

Intransitive verb

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

sunfishes (plural) sunfishes (present, singular) sunfishing (participle, present) sunfished (participle, past) sunfished (past)

Phrases

longear sunfish mud sunfish ocean sunfish

Synonyms

centrarchid ocean sunfish mola headfish

Questions

How do you pronounce sunfish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/.
What does sunfish mean?
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
Where does sunfish come from?
* From sun + fish. * (type of fish): Perhaps from the rounded body shape.

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