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Noun: headfish  'hed,fish
  1. 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
    - ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola

Derived forms: headfishes

Type of: plectognath, plectognath fish

Part of: genus Mola

Encyclopedia: Headfish