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moonfish

[ moon-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) moon·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) moon·fish·es.
  1. Also called horsefish, horsehead. any of several silvery marine fishes of the genus Selene, having a very compressed body and inhabiting shallow coastal waters.
  2. the opah.
  3. any of various other rounded, silvery fishes.

moonfish

/ ˈmuːnˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. any of several deep-bodied silvery carangid fishes, occurring in warm and tropical American coastal waters
  2. any of various other round silvery fishes, such as the Indo-Pacific Monodactylus argenteus
  3. See opah
    another name for opah

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Word History and Origins

Origin of moonfish1

First recorded in 1640–50; moon + fish

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