lookdown

[look-doun]

look-down

[look-doun]
noun
the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
Compare look-through.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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look·down

[look-doun]
noun
a silvery carangid fish of the genus Selene, of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and eyes placed high on the truncated forehead.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase look down
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lookdown

noun
similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead 
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