ocean sunfish

English
ocean sunfish

Noun

ocean sunfish (plural ocean sunfishes or ocean sunfish)

  1. A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 242:
      At well over a tonne, and sometimes more than two, and 3.3 metres (11 feet) across when fully grown, the Ocean sunfish is the world's heaviest bony fish.

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Synonyms
  • common mola

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