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Pumpkinseed

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of pumpkin seed (“the seed of a pumpkin”). alt-of, alternative

    "The current menu includes curried goat, rack of lamb with a pumpkinseed crust, and braised short ribs."

  2. 2
    small brilliantly colored North American sunfish wordnet
  3. 3
    A North American sunfish; Lepomis gibbosus.
  4. 4
    A type of small riverboat. historical

Etymology

From pumpkin + seed. The fish is so named for its small body that is shaped much like a pumpkin seed.

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