Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A common edible sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) of North American lakes and streams.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the largest of the sunfishes, Lepomis pallidus.
Wiktionary
- n. A North American sunfish; Lepomis macrochirus.
WordNet 3.0
- n. important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
Etymologies
- blue + gill (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I highly doubt the bluegill is as popular in the US as Dave Spector says.”
“Starting with bass and bluegill is great because they are easier to catch and will teach you good mechanics.”
Hello all. I am new to fly fishing and have recently purchased a starter kit to see if I like it.
“I also agree that I'd much rather be eating some Toro, then a bluegill from a nasty pond.”
“The bluegill might be a food source for black bass, and black bass might feed the local population of coyotes.”
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“Ever watchful, friend "bluegill" points us to this story in today's edition of The Evening News.”
“There are other fish present such as bluegill, redear sunfish, tilapia and carp that are a lot of fun to catch.”
“Fresh shad caught the same day you fish works best, cut or alive, bluegill a close second.”
“Eye shall never ferget when eye was cruisin 'for that monster of a bluegill named' Blue Velvet '.”
“Cermele: Are Local Fishing Forums Helpful or Hype? whats are some good tactics for bull bluegill”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bluegill’.
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
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blue phrases/words
how blue is used
blue and white, blue apron, blue-aproned, blue-arsed fly, blue asbestos, blue ash, blue-assed fly, blue baby, blue-backed, blue bag, blue balls, blue band and 370 more...
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PECH - marine species
African cuttlefish, Alaska plaice, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
Goddidit, barcelona, filigrain, good-natured, ill-natured, half-bit, endosome, underplaying, parotid, denormalization, sleightgeist, wheezing and 2334 more...
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