bluegill
noun
blue·gill
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Definition of bluegill
: a common sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) of the eastern and central U.S. sought for food and sport
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After entering the water on a floating craft of their choice, spring-goers can lazily float down the run at 1 mph under a canopy of trees and Spanish moss while gazing through crystal-clear water at bluegill, gar and minnows swimming below. — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Ichetucknee Springs provides visitors a 3-hour natural lazy river tube run," 13 Aug. 2019 Dumping bluegills in carp nesting grounds is impractical. — Joanna Klein, New York Times, "Fish Cannons, Koi Herpes and Other Tools to Combat Invasive Carp," 4 June 2019 While here, break out your fishing rod to catch some walleye, catfish, yellow perch, crappie, bluegill, sunfish and carp. — Sarah Kuta, The Know, "9 spots that are perfect for your next Colorado lake day," 1 Aug. 2019 Visitors can find fish like gar and bluegill, several varieties of birds, turtles, alligators and even non-native rhesus monkeys that still live around the spring. — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Florida Springs Guide: Silver Springs State Park," 22 July 2019 In waters dominated by voracious bluegill, the eggs were gone the next day. — Joanna Klein, New York Times, "Fish Cannons, Koi Herpes and Other Tools to Combat Invasive Carp," 4 June 2019 The yellow perch fishing at nearby Fremont Reservoir has been steady, with some jumbo perch and bluegills reported caught. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, "Lake Erie walleye parade not slowed by mayfly hatch, hot weather: July 12 Fishing Report," 12 July 2019 The bulk of those came on one insanely active angling day to a small, under the radar public venue in southern Pennsylvania where bluegills, bass and crappies wouldn’t leave my hair jigs alone. — Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Gronaw: Kayaking made simple and fun," 13 July 2019 An 1/8-ounce Blakemore Road Runner Marabou jig in white already was rigged on my lightweight rod from an earlier fishing trip for bluegills. — John Goodspeed, ExpressNews.com, "Too many bass: A pond with a problem lures plenty of helpers," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bluegill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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