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moonfish

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/ ˈmunˌfɪʃ /
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noun, plural (especially collectively) moon·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) moon·fish·es.
Also called horsefish, horsehead. any of several silvery marine fishes of the genus Selene, having a very compressed body and inhabiting shallow coastal waters.
the opah.
any of various other rounded, silvery fishes.
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Origin of moonfish

First recorded in 1640–50; moon + fish
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British Dictionary definitions for moonfish

moonfish
/ (ˈmuːnˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fishes or -fish
any of several deep-bodied silvery carangid fishes, occurring in warm and tropical American coastal waters
any of various other round silvery fishes, such as the Indo-Pacific Monodactylus argenteus
another name for opah
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