bluegill
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- noun
- /ˈbluːˌɡɪl/
- US
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bluegill
- On warm summer days, kids love to catch bluegill from the shore using simple bait.
- bluegill sunfish
- male bluegill
- bluegill growth
And we're catching, you know, things here and there, some bluegill.
- And we're catching, you know, things here and there, some bluegill.
- You're going to go fishing and you're fishing in a place that has mostly, you know, bluegill and and other pan fish.
Examples
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Fishermen will come to fill their creels with bream, bluegill, sac-a-lait.
Fiction book (1993) -
Of course, a couple big catfish and ten to twelve bluegill wouldn't be too bad.
Fiction book (1997) -
We pulled off a miracle with the bluegill and they were delicious.
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... out in the canoe and did a bit of bluegill fishing.
Blog text (25) -
In bluegills, as in many other fish species, only the male cares for the offspring.
Academic text (2005) -
Jimmy wasn't allowed to fish in the pond because the bluegill were spawning.
Fiction book (1998) -
I plan to spend my next few summers back in Lake Opinicon, taking a close look at just-hatched bluegills.
Academic text (2005) -
Bluegills once swam beneath the currents, ripe to be picked by anyone with a pole and patience.
Fiction book (1999) -
Inhabiting Eagle Lake are largemouth bass, bluegill, and redear sunfish.
Blog text (13) -
Jimmy held the bluegill—a female trailing a thin, almost transparent string of roe—in his right hand.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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A small freshwater fish with a flat body that eats insects and small fish
A small freshwater fish called bluegill, often caught for food and sport
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Etymology
The word bluegill is a simple compound of blue and gill, because the fish has a blue or dark mark on its gill area. So, the name tells you it's a small freshwater fish with a 'blue gill'.