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redear sunfish

[red-eer]

noun

a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.

Origin of redear sunfish

First recorded in 1945–50; red¹ + ear¹

Also called redear shellcracker.

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