sunfish
noun
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Sense 1 noun
the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
Types & categories
- freshwater fish hypernym
- crappie hyponym
Parts & wholes
- centrarchid part holonym
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
- plectognath hypernym
- sharptail mola hyponym
Parts & wholes
- genus Mola member holonym
Sense 3 noun
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
Types & categories
- percoid fish hypernym
- crappie hyponym
- freshwater bream hyponym
- pumpkinseed hyponym
- rock sunfish hyponym
- black bass hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Centrarchidae member holonym
- sunfish part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | centrarchid |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | freshwater fish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crappie |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Mola |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plectognath |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sharptail mola |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Centrarchidae |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sunfish |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | percoid fish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crappie |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | freshwater bream |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pumpkinseed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rock sunfish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | black bass |