Home › Words › B › bluegillbluegill/ˈbluːɡɪl/bluegill means any of the species Lepomis macrochirus of North American sunfish.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bluegill ranks #27,093 of 42,747 for Qualifying.bluegill is pronounced /ˈbluːɡɪl/.EtymologyFrom blue + gill.nounAny of the species Lepomis macrochirus of North American sunfish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dollardee 66% match — Lepomis pallidus, the blue sunfish or copper-nosed bream. vs bluegill →longear 64% match — Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap. vs bluegill →pumpkinseed 63% match — A North American sunfish; Lepomis gibbosus. vs bluegill →shellcracker 63% match — A fish of species Lepomis microlophus. vs bluegill →lepomid 60% match — Any member of the Lepomis genus of fish. vs bluegill →kivver 60% match — A fish, Lepomis gibbosus. vs bluegill →bucketmouth 60% match — Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass). vs bluegill →largie 58% match — A largemouth bass. vs bluegill →