moonfish

[ moon-fish ]

/ 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

Words nearby moonfish

moon dog, mooned, mooneye, moon-eyed, moon-faced, moonfish, moonflower, moon gate, Moonie, moonish, moon jellyfish

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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