ocean sunfish en · NOUN
Meanings
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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:
Forms
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| ocean sunfishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ocean sunfish | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (28)
ja マンボウ (Mola mola) · ru обыкнове́нная луна́-ры́ба (Mola mola) · tr ay balığı (Mola mola) · ca lluna (Mola mola) · ru ры́ба-со́лнце (Mola mola) · cmn 翻車魨 /翻车鲀 (Mola mola) · fr poisson-lune (Mola mola) · es pez luna (Mola mola) · no klumpfisk (Mola mola) · ca bot (Mola mola) · ja 翻車魚 (Mola mola) · fi möhkäkala (Mola mola) · pl samogłów (Mola mola) · fr môle (Mola mola) · is tunglfiskur (Mola mola) · cmn 翻車魚 /翻车鱼 (Mola mola) · ca mola (Mola mola) · ast rueda (Mola mola) · el φεγγαρόψαρο (Mola mola) · cmn 曼波魚 /曼波鱼 (Mola mola) · it pesce luna (Mola mola) · it ortagorisco (Mola mola) · tr pervane balığı (Mola mola) · ca peix lluna (Mola mola) · bg риба луна (Mola mola) · vi cá mặt trăng (Mola mola) · de Mondfisch (Mola mola) · no månefisk (Mola mola)