bluegill

blue·gill

B0345300 (blo͞o′gĭl′)n. pl. bluegill or blue·gills An edible sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) of North American lakes and streams, having a dark spot on the dorsal fin.

bluegill

(ˈbluːˌɡɪl) n (Animals) a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus: an important food and game fish

blue•gill

(ˈbluˌgɪl)

n. a bluish freshwater sunfish, Lepomismacrochirus, of the Mississippi River valley. [1880–85, Amer.]

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bluegill - important edible sunfish of eastern and central United StatesLepomis macrochirusfreshwater bream, bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomisgenus Lepomis, Lepomis - bream