Sunfish — Sun fish , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch like North American fresh water fishes of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oblong sunfish — ovalinė mėnulžuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Ranzania leavis angl. oblong sunfish; slender mola; slender trunkfish; smooth sunfish; truncated sunfish; wedge puffer rus. овальная луна рыба;… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
smooth sunfish — ovalinė mėnulžuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Ranzania leavis angl. oblong sunfish; slender mola; slender trunkfish; smooth sunfish; truncated sunfish; wedge puffer rus. овальная луна рыба;… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Ocean sunfish — This article is about the ocean sunfish, Mola mola. For other fishes known as sunfish , see Sunfish (disambiguation). Ocean sunfish Sunfish, Nordsøen Oceanarium, Hirtshals, Denmark Conser … Wikipedia
USS Sunfish (SSN-649) — USS Sunfish (SSN 649), a Sturgeon class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish Mola mola , a marine species having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.The contract to… … Wikipedia
ocean sunfish — noun 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 • Syn: ↑sunfish, ↑mola, ↑headfish • Hypernyms: ↑plectognath,… … Useful english dictionary
USS Sunfish (SS-281) — USS Sunfish (SS 281), a Gato class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish, Mola Mola , a plectognath marine fish, having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.The first… … Wikipedia
USS Sunfish — Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Sunfish , named in honor of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola , a plectognath marine fish, having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.* The first, Sunfish (SS 182),… … Wikipedia
ocean sunfish — n. any of a family (Molidae, order Tetraodontiformes) of marine bony fishes with an abruptly truncated body; esp., a large, sluggish fish (Mola mola) of tropical and temperate seas … English World dictionary
ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins. Also called headfish. [1620 30] * * * … Universalium