- Mola lanceolata
- nouncaudal fin has a central projection• Syn: ↑sharptail mola• Hypernyms: ↑ocean sunfish, ↑sunfish, ↑mola, ↑headfish
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Mola lanceolata
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mola — mola1 /moh leuh/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) mola, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) molas. any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas. Cf. ocean sunfish. [1595 1605; < L: millstone;… … Universalium
mola — 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: ↑ocean sunfish, ↑sunfish, ↑headfish • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
sharptail mola — noun caudal fin has a central projection • Syn: ↑Mola lanceolata • Hypernyms: ↑ocean sunfish, ↑sunfish, ↑mola, ↑headfish * * * /shahrp tayl / a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail. Also called … Useful english dictionary
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
headfish — 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: ↑ocean sunfish, ↑sunfish, ↑mola • Hypernyms: ↑plectognath,… … Useful english dictionary
