ocean sunfish

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ocean sunfish¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

Other winners of a slimy new epoch would be ocean sunfish, a giant bony fish whose individuals can clock in at more than 2,000 pounds and consume jellyfish — and velella — in mass quantities.

From Los Angeles Times

But it was really just an ocean sunfish.

From Fox News

It was an ocean sunfish, an enormous, blob-like creature that eats jellyfish and has a dorsal fin that, to the untrained eye, can resemble that of a shark.

From New York Times

Nakamura had previously shown that ocean sunfish, another large sea-faring creature, also seemed to benefit from the heat trapped in their hefty bodies when making deep dives.

From Salon

Rather, it was an ocean sunfish, also known as a mola mola, The News & Observer reported.

From Fox News