pumpkinseed

[puhmp-kin-seed or, commonly, puhng-kin-]

pump·kin·seed

[puhmp-kin-seed or, commonly, puhng-kin-]
noun
1.
the seed of the pumpkin.
2.
a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus, of eastern North America.

Origin:
1775–85; pumpkin + seed
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pumpkinseed (ˈpʌmpkɪnˌsiːd)
 
n
1.  the seed of the pumpkin
2.  a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus, with brightly coloured markings: family Centrarchidae

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pumpkinseed

popular food and sport fish and a species of sunfish (q.v.).

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