Synonyms for Sunfish (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters):
headfish, mola, ocean sunfish
WordNet sense 2 (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed):
centrarchid
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