redearn.
/ˈrɛdɪə/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌɪ(ə)r/ 1. In full redear sunfish. A freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophus (family Centrarchidae), of the southern United States, the male of which has a red or orange spot on the operculum.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Lepomis (sun-fish)
bream1634
roach1637
sunfish1685
round robin1709
yellowbelly1775
redbelly1791
brim1795
sun perch1804
pumpkin seed1815
sunny1835
bluegill1877
redbreast1877
tobacco-box1877
red-eared sunfish1889
shell-cracker1889
sun1896
redear1931
1931 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 3 Aug. 3/8 Four thousand red ear sunfish from the Tri-Lakes hatchery..were dumped into Flint lake.
1957 M. B. Trautman Fishes of Ohio iv. 518/1 Three years later the offspring of these 14 Red ears appeared to be..numerous.
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes viii. 114/2 The pharyngeal teeth are composed of both dorsal and ventral pharyngeal arch derivatives, such as in the redear or ‘shellcracker’ sunfish, Lepomis microlophus.
2. In full redear turtle. = red-eared turtle n. at red-eared adj.2 Compounds.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Emydidae (freshwater turtles) > chrysemys scripta elegans or red-ear turtle
red-eared terrapin1885
red-eared turtle?1928
redear1958
red-eared slider1961
1958 R. Conant Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians U.S. 58 Baby Red-ears, commonest of all pet turtles, are sold in enormous numbers.
1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. iv. 9/5 (advt.) Miniature red ear turtle, tank, element and thermostat.
1993 Independent on Sunday 22 Aug. 4/5 Few statistics exist in Britain on the importation of terrapins. None have ever been kept for red-ears.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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