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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
horsefish
    n 1: any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
         [syn: moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish,
         horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene
         setapinnis]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Horsefish \Horse"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
      (a) The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
      (b) The sauger.
          [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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