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 Definitions of moonfish  [ˈmunˌfɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'moonfish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) moonfish
any of several deep-bodied, compressed carangid fishes of the genus
Selene.

Etymology:  (1640–50)

Definition of 'moonfish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnis
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

2. (noun) opah, moonfish, Lampris regius
large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean


Definition of 'moonfish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) moonfish
an American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish

2. (noun) moonfish
a broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish

3. (noun) moonfish
the mola. See Sunfish, 1



'moonfish' - Nearby Entries  

moon  moon daisy  moon-faced  mooneye  moonfish  moonflower  moonie  



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