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dollarfish

[ dol-er-fish ]
/ ˈdɒl ərˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) dol·lar·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) dol·lar·fish·es.

butterfish.
moonfish.

Nearby words

  1. dollar sign,
  2. dollar-a-year,
  3. dollar-average,
  4. dollarbird,
  5. dollard-des-ormeaux,
  6. dollarization,
  7. dollars to doughnuts, it's,
  8. dollars-and-cents,
  9. dollarspot,
  10. dollarwise

Origin of dollarfish

First recorded in 1840–50; so called because of its roundish shape and silvery color
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British Dictionary definitions for dollarfish

dollarfish

/ (ˈdɒləˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

any of various fishes that have a rounded compressed silvery body, esp the moonfishes or the American butterfish
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