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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spadefish \spade"fish`\ sp=ad"fi^sh`, n. zool.
an american market fish chaetodipterus faber common on
the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish,
and porgy.
1913 webster
see also:
chaetodipterus faber angel fish moonfish porgy
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moonfish \moon"fish`\, n. zool.
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.
1913 webster
see also:
vomer setipennis bluntnosed shiner horsefish sunfish selene vomer lookdown
silver moonfish sunfish
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
moonfish
n 1: any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
syn: atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head,
dollarfish, selene setapinnis
2: large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of atlantic
and pacific and mediterranean syn: opah, lampris
regius
also: moonfishes pl
see also:
atlantic moonfish horsefish horsehead horse-head dollarfish selene setapinnis
opah lampris regius moonfishes
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