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noun
Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
Any of species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area;
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noun
Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
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noun
Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae).
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noun
Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
Any of genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae);
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noun
Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
Any of species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae).
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noun
large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: opah, Lampris regius
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Broader terms: soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
noun
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnis
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Broader terms: carangid fish, carangid
Narrower terms: lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer
History
From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.
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