About The Word Moonfish
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Moonfish
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What's The Definition Of Moonfish?
[n] large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
[n] any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies Synonyms | Synonyms for Moonfish: Atlantic moonfish | dollarfish | horsefish | horsehead | Lampris regius | opah | Selene setapinnis Related Terms | Find terms related to Moonfish: See Also | carangid | carangid fish | genus Lampris | Lampris | lookdown | lookdown fish | malacopterygian | Selene vomer | soft-finned fish Moonfish In Webster's Dictionary \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An American marine fish ({Vomer setipennis}); -- called
also {bluntnosed shiner}, {horsefish}, and {sunfish}.
(b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ({Selene vomer}); --
called also {lookdown}, and {silver moonfish}.
(c) The mola. See {Sunfish}, 1.
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