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Definition of pumpkinseed - 3 dictionary results

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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pump·kin·seed   (pŭmp'kĭn-sēd', pŭm'-, pŭng'-)   
n.  
  1. The seed of a pumpkin.

  2. A North American sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) having a rounded, mostly orange body with a bright red spot on each gill cover.

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pumpkinseed

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

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