headfish meaning

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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.

Definition of headfish

  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

    Synonyms: ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola

    Type of: plectognath

    Kinds: sharptail mola

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HE · words ending in SH · 8-letter words

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