noun
Meaning 1
The sunfish (of family Molidae).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
headfish
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noun
Meaning 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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plectognath, plectognath fish
Narrower terms: sharptail mola, Mola lanceolata
History
Etymology
From head + fish.