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- [suhn-fish]
- /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈsʌn.fɪʃ/
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- [suhn-fish]
- /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of sunfish word
- noun plural sunfish the ocean sunfish, Mola mola. 1
- noun plural sunfish any of various other fishes of the family Molidae. 1
- noun plural sunfish any of several small, brightly colored, spiny-rayed freshwater fishes of the genus Lepomis, of North America, having a deep, compressed body. 1
- noun sunfish variety of North American fish 1
- noun sunfish any large plectognath fish of the family Molidae, of temperate and tropical seas, esp Mola mola, which has a large rounded compressed body, long pointed dorsal and anal fins, and a fringelike tail fin 0
- noun sunfish any of various small predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes of the family Centrarchidae, typically having a compressed brightly coloured body 0
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Origin of sunfish
First appearance:
before 1620 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; sun + fish
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Parts of speech for Sunfish
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sunfish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sunfish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sunfish
noun sunfish
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
- cutter — A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
- dory — a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- galleon — a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
- ketch — a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
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