ocean sunfish

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymssunfishmolaheadfish

   Broaderplectognath

   Narrowersharptail mola

   Part ofgenus Mola

Questions about ocean sunfish

What does ocean sunfish mean?

ocean sunfish means "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".

What is another word for ocean sunfish?

Close synonyms include sunfish, mola, headfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ocean sunfish a common word?

ocean sunfish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.