noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The sunfish (of family Molidae).
2. 2
   among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

molaocean sunfishocean sunfishsunfish

Etymology

From head + fish.

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