lookdown

[look-doun]

noun

1. a silvery carangid fish of the genus Selene, of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and eyes placed high on the truncated forehead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lookdown¹

1880–85, noun use of verb phrase look down

Example Sentences

“Devastated. Like I lookdown at my phone and I see the little white face, and I’m just like ‘I’m going to be late.’

From Los Angeles Times

Yet lookdown at the undulating landscape below the village and you will see a carpet of green.

From The Guardian

Scientists already suspected that silvery fish like the lookdown and the bigeye scad use their skin as camouflage, reflecting light away to be less conspicuous.

From National Geographic

A lookdown, a transparent silver fish, stared back with dark, eerie eyes.

From Washington Times

Of the fish they studied, two species called the lookdown and the bigeye scad emerged as camouflage champions.

From National Geographic