noun
- plural of warmouth; freshwater sunfish native to the southeastern United States, typically found in warm, weedy waters
Usage: ichthyology
Examples
- The biologist collected several warmouths from the shallow lake.
- Warmouths prefer areas with dense aquatic vegetation.
- Anglers often catch warmouths in cypress swamps.
- The warmouths in this pond have distinctive red eyes.
- Young warmouths feed primarily on small invertebrates.
- Warmouths are closely related to bluegills and other sunfish.