Then, in the middle of the Tasman Sea, the 98-foot yacht's progress was temporarily halted when it ran into a giant sunfish.
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Sunfish
//ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ//
Synonyms for "sunfish" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (4)
Noun(3 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 35 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- rueda noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Basque
1 entries- atalo noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- риба луна noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Catalan
4 entries- bot noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- centràrquid noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
- mola noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- peix lluna noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Chinese
2 entries- 曼波魚 /曼波鱼 noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- 翻車魚 /翻车鱼 noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Czech
2 entries- měsíčník noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- okounek noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
Danish
1 entries- klumpfisk noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Dutch
2 entries- klompvis noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- maanvis noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Estonian
1 entries- kuukala noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Finnish
2 entries- aurinkoahven noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
- möhkäkala noun (fish of the family Molidae)
French
3 entries- molidé noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- môle noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- poisson-lune noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Galician
1 entries- peixe lúa noun (fish of the family Molidae)
German
2 entries- Mondfisch noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- Sonnenbarsch noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
Hebrew
1 entries- דג השמש noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Hungarian
1 entries- holdhal noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Icelandic
1 entries- tunglfiskur noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Italian
2 entries- ortagorisco noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- pesce luna noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Japanese
2 entries- マンボウ noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- 翻車魚 noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Korean
1 entries- 개복치 noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Latvian
1 entries- mēnesszivs noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Ligurian
1 entries- mêua noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Lithuanian
2 entries- mėnulžuvė noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- paprastoji mėnulžuvė noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Māori
1 entries- rātāhuihui noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Norman
1 entries- solé noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Norwegian
2 entries- klumpfisk noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- månefisk noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Polish
3 entries- bassek noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
- okończyk noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
- samogłów noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Portuguese
1 entries- peixe-lua noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Russian
3 entries- рыба-луна noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- со́лнечная ры́ба noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
- со́лнечный о́кунь noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- bucanj noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Spanish
2 entries- centrárquido noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
- pez luna noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Swedish
2 entries- klumpfisk noun (fish of the family Molidae)
- solfisk noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Turkish
1 entries- ay balığı noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- риба-місяць noun (fish of the family Molidae)
Unami
1 entries- pàkchexwès noun (fish of the family Centrarchidae)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cá mặt trăng noun (fish of the family Molidae)
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