pumpkin seed

pumpkin seed
Sunfish Sun"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (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 {Centrachid[ae]}. 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 ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish ({L. 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. [1913 Webster]

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  • Pumpkin seed — Pumpkin Pump kin, n. [For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon, L. pepo, peponis, Gr. ?, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. {Cook}, n.] (Bot.) A well known trailing plant ({Cucurbita pepo}) and its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • pumpkin seed — noun the edible seed of a pumpkin • Hypernyms: ↑edible seed • Part Holonyms: ↑pumpkin, ↑pumpkin vine, ↑autumn pumpkin, ↑Cucurbita pepo …   Useful english dictionary

  • pumpkin seed — /ˈpʌmpkən sid/ (say pumpkuhn seed) noun 1. the seed of the pumpkin. 2. a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus, of eastern North America …  

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  • Pumpkin — Pump kin, n. [For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon, L. pepo, peponis, Gr. ?, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. {Cook}, n.] (Bot.) A well known trailing plant ({Cucurbita pepo}) and its fruit,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pumpkin vine — noun a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes • Syn: ↑pumpkin, ↑autumn pumpkin, ↑Cucurbita… …   Useful english dictionary

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