sunfish
verbEtymology * From sun + fish. * (type of fish): Perhaps from the rounded body shape.
1
Of an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and roll back and forth.
sunfish
noun/ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/
Etymology * From sun + fish. * (type of fish): Perhaps from the rounded body shape.
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.
- Derived terms
- longear sunfish, mud sunfish, ocean sunfish