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blue·gill  (blgl)
n. pl. bluegill or blue·gills
A common edible sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) of North American lakes and streams.
bluegill [ˈbluːˌgɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus: an important food and game fish
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Noun1.bluegillbluegill - important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
Lepomis macrochirus
freshwater bream, bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
genus Lepomis, Lepomis - bream


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We'll stock it with prolific baitfish like coppernose bluegills and then add bass.
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It's safe to say that Burke Lake anglers have caught literally tons of bluegills, crappie, largemouth bass and other stocked gamefish since it opened.
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