moonfish

/ˌmunˈfɪʃ/
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Definitions of moonfish
  1. noun
    any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
    synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, Selene setapinnis, dollarfish, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead
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    types:
    Selene vomer, lookdown, lookdown fish
    similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead
    type of:
    carangid, carangid fish
    a percoid fish of the family Carangidae
  2. noun
    large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
    synonyms: Lampris regius, opah
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    type of:
    malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
    any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
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