ocean sunfish

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of ocean sunfish

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