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Meaning of MOONFISH

Pronunciation:  'moon`fish

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
  2. [n]  any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
 

MOONFISH is a 8 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish, horsefish, horsehead, Lampris regius, opah, Selene setapinnis
 
 See Also: carangid, carangid fish, genus Lampris, Lampris, lookdown, lookdown fish, malacopterygian, Selene vomer, soft-finned fish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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