ocean sunfish

noun

A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.

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common molamola molasunfishmolaheadfish
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Meanings

nounocean sunfish (plural ocean sunfishes or ocean sunfish)

plural ocean sunfishes

  1. A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.

    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.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 242

    Synonyms: common mola, mola mola

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.

Similar
common molamola mola

More synonyms by meaning

nounamong 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

Similar
sunfishmolaheadfish
Broader
plectognathplectognath fish
Also see
common molaheadfishmolasunfish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian риба луна
  • риба луна (riba luna)Mola mola
Catalan bot, mola
  • botMola mola
  • molaMola mola
  • peix llunaMola mola
  • llunaMola mola
Chinese Mandarin 翻車魚 /翻车鱼, 翻車魨 /翻车鲀
  • 翻車魚 /翻车鱼 (fānchēyú)Mola mola
  • 翻車魨 /翻车鲀Mola mola
  • 曼波魚 /曼波鱼Mola mola
Finnish möhkäkala
  • möhkäkalaMola mola
French môle, poisson-lune
  • môleMola mola
  • poisson-luneMola mola
German Mondfisch
  • MondfischMola mola
Greek φεγγαρόψαρο
  • φεγγαρόψαρο (fengarópsaro)Mola mola
Icelandic tunglfiskur
  • tunglfiskurMola mola
Italian pesce luna, ortagorisco
  • pesce lunaMola mola
  • ortagoriscoMola mola
Japanese 翻車魚, マンボウ
  • 翻車魚Mola mola
  • マンボウ (manbō)Mola mola
Norwegian månefisk, klumpfisk
  • månefiskMola mola
  • klumpfiskMola mola
Polish samogłów
  • samogłówMola mola
Russian обыкнове́нная луна́-ры́ба, ры́ба-со́лнце
  • обыкнове́нная луна́-ры́ба (obyknovénnaja luná-rýba)Mola mola
  • ры́ба-со́лнце (rýba-sólnce)Mola mola
Spanish pez luna
  • pez lunaMola mola
Turkish ay balığı, pervane balığı
  • ay balığıMola mola
  • pervane balığıMola mola
Vietnamese cá mặt trăng
  • cá mặt trăngMola mola
Cite this entry
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ocean sunfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocean%20sunfish

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Chicago

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