Definitions of pumpkinseed
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small brilliantly colored North American sunfish
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synonyms:
Lepomis gibbosus
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type of:
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centrarchid, sunfish
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
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centrarchid, sunfish
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