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Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
belonging to the family {Centrarchid[ae]}; -- called also
{pond perch}, and {sunfish}.
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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.
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Sunnier}; superl. {Sunniest}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or
resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant;
radiant. "Sunny beams." --Spenser. "Sunny locks." --Shak.
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2. Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by
the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny
side of a hill.
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Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores.
--Addison.
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3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition.
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My decayed fair
A sunny look of his would soon repair. --Shak.
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Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola
rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body
and a truncated tail.
(b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachidae}. They
have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
Among the common species of the Eastern United States are
{Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish},
{pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or
dollardee ({Lepomis pallidus}), and the long-eared
sunfish ({Lepomis auritus}). Several of the species are
called also {pondfish}.
(c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
(d) The opah.
(e) The basking, or liver, shark.
(f) Any large jellyfish.
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, n. (Zool.)
See {Sunfish}
(b) .
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