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MOONFISH n. 3 definitions
A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
HORSEFISH n.
The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
HORSEHEAD n.
The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).
LOOKDOWN n.
See Moonfish (b).
SHINER n.
The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. Blunt-nosed shiner (Zoöl.), the silver moonfish.
SILVER a.
eets made of silver beaten very thin. -- Silver lunge (Zoöl.), the namaycush. -- Silver moonfish.(Zoöl.) See Moonfish (b). -- Silver moth (Zoöl.), a lepisma. -- Silver owl (Zoöl.), the barn owl. -- Silver perch (Zoöl.), the mademoiselle, 2. -- Silver pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of beautiful crest…
SPADEFISH n.
rket fish (Chætodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.
SUNFISH n.
The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.