a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus: an important food and game fish
bluegill in American English
(ˈbluˌgɪl)
US
noun
a freshwater sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) of a bluish color
bluegill in American English
(ˈbluːˌɡɪl)
noun
a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, of the Mississippi River valley, used for food
Word origin
[1880–85, Amer.; blue + gill1]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: highball, impressionism, interface, rain check, regionalism
Examples of 'bluegill' in a sentence
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In addition, we visually observed the bluegill presence in the ponds from the shoreline.
Teruhiko Takahara, Toshifumi Minamoto, Hideyuki Doi 2013, 'Using environmental DNA to estimate the distribution of an invasive fish species inponds.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3577852?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Yellow perch hatched earlier in the season and displayed a more truncated hatch duration compared to bluegill.
David M Bogner, Mark A Kaemingk, Melissa R Wuellner 2016, 'Consequences of Hatch Phenology on Stages of Fish Recruitment.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5072656?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A longer hatch duration resulted in greater larval yellow perch abundance but greater age-1 bluegill abundance.
David M Bogner, Mark A Kaemingk, Melissa R Wuellner 2016, 'Consequences of Hatch Phenology on Stages of Fish Recruitment.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5072656?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, a functional zone (categorical) approach to understanding bluegill ecology in reservoirs may not be appropriate.
Nathan Ruhl, Holly DeAngelis, Abigale M. Crosby, Willem M. Roosenburg 2014, 'Applying a reservoir functional-zone paradigm to littoral bluegills: differences inlength and catch frequency?', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/528.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)