noun
Meaning 1
An American butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dollarfish
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noun
Meaning 2
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, Selene setapinnis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carangid fish, carangid
Narrower terms: lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer
noun
Meaning 3
small food fish of Atlantic coast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Poronotus triacanthus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English dollarfish From dollar + fish.