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| bluegill |
a common edible North American sunfish of freshwater lakes and streams. |
| bream1 |
any of several similar or related fish, such as sunfish, porgies, and bluegills. [1/2 definitions] |
| crappie |
either of two medium-sized members of the sunfish family, found in streams and lakes in the central and eastern United States. |
| globefish |
any of various fishes that have or are capable of assuming a spherical, globular shape, such as the ocean sunfish and the puffer. |
| panfish |
any freshwater fish small enough to be cooked whole in a frying pan, such as a sunfish. |
| redbreast |
a freshwater sunfish of the eastern United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| rock bass |
an edible, freshwater game fish of eastern North America, related to the sunfish. |
| sunfish |
see "ocean sunfish." [1/2 definitions] |
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