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sunfish

/suhn-fish/US // ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ //UK // (ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ) //

太阳鱼,太阳鱼号,阳光鱼,太阳神

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sun·fish, sun·fish·es.

    • : the ocean sunfish, Mola mola.
    • : any of various other fishes of the family Molidae.
    • : any of several small, brightly colored, spiny-rayed freshwater fishes of the genus Lepomis, of North America, having a deep, compressed body.

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Examples

  • Leatherback turtles, opah, and large numbers of ocean sunfish have been reported off Washington.

  • I plowed through a couple hundred suspects, throwing back mere centimillionaires the way pro bass fishermen discard sunfish.

  • Then all of a sudden the blue and yellow floater went under and little Hepzebiah caught a sunfish, too.

  • After the Toyman had taken the sunfish from the hook and put another worm on it, he threw the line back into the water.

  • The orangespotted sunfish was found in every stream surveyed, although only one specimen was taken from the Arkansas River.

  • At the uppermost pool (G-17) only small green sunfish were found.

  • When the time comes, the sunfish makes its nest in the fine gravel, building it with some care—for a fish.