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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Dollardee \Dol`lar*dee"\, n. (Zool.)
   A species of sunfish ({Lepomis pallidus}), common in the
   United States; -- called also {blue sunfish}, and
   {copper-nosed bream}.
   
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