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ocean sunfish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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: sunfish, mola, headfish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plectognath, plectognath fish

Narrower terms: sharptail mola, Mola lanceolata

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: rueda — Mola mola
  • Bulgarian: риба луна (riba luna) — Mola mola
  • Catalan: bot — Mola mola
  • Catalan: mola — Mola mola
  • Catalan: peix lluna — Mola mola
  • Catalan: lluna — Mola mola
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻車魚 /翻车鱼 (fānchēyú) — Mola mola
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻車魨 /翻车鲀 — Mola mola
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曼波魚 /曼波鱼 — Mola mola
  • Finnish: möhkäkala — Mola mola
  • French: môle — Mola mola
  • French: poisson-lune — Mola mola
  • German: Mondfisch — Mola mola
  • Greek: φεγγαρόψαρο (fengarópsaro) — Mola mola
  • Icelandic: tunglfiskur — Mola mola
  • Italian: pesce luna — Mola mola
  • Italian: ortagorisco — Mola mola
  • Japanese: 翻車魚 — Mola mola
  • Japanese: マンボウ (manbō) — Mola mola
  • Norwegian: månefisk — Mola mola
  • Norwegian: klumpfisk — Mola mola
  • Polish: samogłów — Mola mola
  • Russian: обыкнове́нная луна́-ры́ба (obyknovénnaja luná-rýba) — Mola mola
  • Russian: ры́ба-со́лнце (rýba-sólnce) — Mola mola
  • Spanish: pez luna — Mola mola
  • Turkish: ay balığı — Mola mola
  • Turkish: pervane balığı — Mola mola
  • Vietnamese: cá mặt trăng — Mola mola