sunfish

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sunfish′)

Inflections of 'sunfish' (n):
sunfish
npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "A group of sunfish swam past the divers.")
sunfishes
npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "All of the Molidae family are sunfishes.")

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sun•fish /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. Fisha freshwater fish of North America.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sun•fish  (sunfish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. Fishthe ocean sunfish, Mola mola.
  2. Fishany of various other fishes of the family Molidae.
  3. Fishany of several small, brightly colored, spiny-rayed freshwater fishes of the genus Lepomis, of North America, having a deep, compressed body.
  • sun + fish 1620–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sunfish /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/ n ( pl -fish, -fishes)
  1. 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
  2. any of various small predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes of the family Centrarchidae, typically having a compressed brightly coloured body
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