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Definition of Panfish
1. Noun. Any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market.
Definition of Panfish
1. Noun. fish that are suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue both of size and taste; '''panfish''' are caught primarily for eating, rather than for sport ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panfish
1. any small fish that can be fried whole [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panfish
Literary usage of Panfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"When largemouth bass density was high, largemouth bass populations were dominated
by small fish that effectively preyed upon small panfish resulting in ..."
2. Adventure Guide to Michigan by Kevin Hillstrom (1998)
"These include the Thunder Bay (trout, walleye, northern pike, and panfish),
Rifle (trout, chinook salmon, walleye, smallmouth bass, and panfish), ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Champlain & Hudson River Valleys by Patricia Foulke, Robert Foulke (2003)
"Greenwood Lake offers large bass, small bass, chain pickerel, panfish and tiger
musky. The lakes in Harriman State Park have large bass and panfish. ..."
4. California for the Sportsman: Being a Collection of Hints as to the Haunts by Al M. Cumming, Allan Dunn, Southern Pacific Company (1911)
"It reaches a foot in length and is a fine panfish. The blue-gilled sunfish or
bream is the most important ... As a panfish only the yellow perch excels it. ..."
5. Country Acres: A Guide to Buying and Managing Rural Property by Lowell L. Klessig (1999)
"panfish in ponds often produce populations of stunted individuals. ... panfish are
not recommended. Many ponds cannot support fish because the oxygen levels ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Though not of superior quality yellow perch is esteemed as a panfish and is
shipped to the principal markets to an annual value of several hundred thousand ..."
7. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"An excellent panfish, unsurpassed by any fish whatsoever in delicacy of the flesh,
which is far superior to that of any trout; remarkable for extreme ..."
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