Definition of Rock sunfish

1. Noun. Game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes.

Exact synonyms: Ambloplites Rupestris, Rock Bass
Generic synonyms: Centrarchid, Sunfish
Group relationships: Ambloplites, Genus Ambloplites

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Sunfish

rock sequences
rock shaft
rock shandy
rock shelter
rock snake
rock snot
rock solid
rock spiders
rock spikemoss
rock squirrel
rock staff
rock star
rock steady
rock sugar
rock sunfish (current term)
rock the boat
rock the house
rock tripe
rock tripes
rock up
rock varnish
rock wallaby
rock wool
rock wren
rockabies
rockabillies
rockabilly
rockable
rockaby

Literary usage of Rock sunfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Angler's Guide: A Handbook of the Haunts and Habits of the Popular Game by Charles Bradford (1908)
"... Bass: See Rock Bass and Black Bass rock sunfish: See Rock Bass Rocky Mountain Whitefish Roundfish : See Rocky Mountain Whitefish Sac-a-lait: See Crappie ..."

2. The Outdoorsman's Handbook (formerly The Angler's Guide) by Warren Hastings Miller (1909)
"Bass, Rock (rock sunfish, Goggle-Eye, Red Eye, War- Mouth, etc.): Caught during the summer and autumn in clear waters of lakes, ponds, and rivers, ..."

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