sunfish

English

A sunfish (Centrarchidae)

A sunfish (Molidae)

Etymology

From sun +‎ fish, perhaps from the rounded body shape.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/

Noun

sunfish (plural sunfish or sunfishes)

Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.

Translations

fish of the family Centrarchidae

Catalan: centràrquid m
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: okounek m
Finnish: aurinkoahven

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Spanish: centrárquido m

fish of the family Molidae

Catalan: bot (ca), peix lluna (ca), mola (ca)
Chinese: 翻車魚 (zh), 曼波魚
Czech: měsíčník (cs) m
Danish: klumpfisk
Dutch: klompvis, maanvis (nl)
Estonian: kuukala
Finnish: möhkäkala
French: môle (fr) f, poisson-lune (fr) m, molidé
Galician: peixe lúa (gl) m
German: Mondfisch (de) m
Hebrew: דג השמש‎
Hungarian: holdhal
Icelandic: tunglfiskur
Italian: pesce luna m
Japanese: 翻車魚, マンボウ (ja) (manbō)
Korean: 개복치 (ko) (gaebokchi)

Latvian: mēnesszivs
Ligurian: mêua f
Lithuanian: paprastoji mėnulžuvė, mėnulžuvė
Maori: rātāhuihui
Norman: solé m (Jersey)
Norwegian: månefisk, klumpfisk
Polish: samogłów (pl)
Portuguese: peixe-lua m
Russian: рыба-луна (ryba-luna)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: veliki bucanj
Spanish: pez luna m
Swedish: klumpfisk (sv), solfisk
Turkish: ay balığı (tr)
Ukrainian: риба-місяць (ryba-misjacʹ)
Vietnamese: cá mặt trăng

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Translations to be checked

Chinese: ^{(please verify)} 翻車魚

Maori: ^{(please verify)} rātāhuihui