pumpkinseed
noun
pump·kin·seed
ˈpəm(p)-kən-ˌsēd 
: a brightly colored freshwater sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) with a reddish spot on the operculum
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Anglers can enjoy one of the many great Summit Metro Parks access points to try their luck catching large bluegill, pumpkinseed, and redear sunfish.
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 11 June 2024
The team also caught a dozen bluegill sunfish, seven largemouth bass, a single creek chub and four hybrid green and pumpkinseed sunfish.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
Top colors are pumpkinseed, smoke, purple, black, motor oil, and chartreuse.
—Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
Some of the best public lakes for catching bluegills, crappie, pumpkinseed and other sunfish are sprinkled around the Cleveland Metroparks, and are perfect for picnics and family fishing.
—cleveland, 9 July 2020
Keep in mind that when, say, a purple plastic worm fails to draw strikes, a pumpkinseed worm isn't likely to turn things around.
—Mark Hicks, Field & Stream, 15 June 2020
But spotted sunfish, pumpkinseeds, green, and longear sunfish also are widely distributed and caught by countless anglers.
—Popular Science, 1 June 2020
Ulli’s Oil Mill organic oils, each 3.4 ounces, camelina, $18; raps (rapeseed), $15; hemp, $20; chile oil, $20; Austrian pumpkinseed, $20, ullisoilmill.com.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 9 July 2018
Anglers caught 10 non-natives: Yellow perch; black and white crappie; largemouth and smallmouth bass; pumpkinseed; bluegill; bullhead and channel catfish, and walleye.
—Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 25 Oct. 2017
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 11 June 2024
The team also caught a dozen bluegill sunfish, seven largemouth bass, a single creek chub and four hybrid green and pumpkinseed sunfish.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
Top colors are pumpkinseed, smoke, purple, black, motor oil, and chartreuse.
—Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
Some of the best public lakes for catching bluegills, crappie, pumpkinseed and other sunfish are sprinkled around the Cleveland Metroparks, and are perfect for picnics and family fishing.
—cleveland, 9 July 2020
Keep in mind that when, say, a purple plastic worm fails to draw strikes, a pumpkinseed worm isn't likely to turn things around.
—Mark Hicks, Field & Stream, 15 June 2020
But spotted sunfish, pumpkinseeds, green, and longear sunfish also are widely distributed and caught by countless anglers.
—Popular Science, 1 June 2020
Ulli’s Oil Mill organic oils, each 3.4 ounces, camelina, $18; raps (rapeseed), $15; hemp, $20; chile oil, $20; Austrian pumpkinseed, $20, ullisoilmill.com.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 9 July 2018
Anglers caught 10 non-natives: Yellow perch; black and white crappie; largemouth and smallmouth bass; pumpkinseed; bluegill; bullhead and channel catfish, and walleye.
—Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 25 Oct. 2017
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“Pumpkinseed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pumpkinseed. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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