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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
moonfish
    n 1: any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
         [syn: moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish,
         horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene
         setapinnis]
    2: large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic
       and Pacific and Mediterranean [syn: opah, moonfish,
       Lampris regius]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
   An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on
   the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish,
   and porgy.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   (a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called
       also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
   (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --
       called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
   (c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
       [1913 Webster]

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