English Explanatory Dictionary

moonfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
  2. Any of species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area;
  3. A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
  4. Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae).
  5. Any of genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae);
  6. Any of species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae).

Word forms

moonfish moonfishes

Etymology

From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.

Related words

moonyfish

Derived words

African moonfish Atlantic moonfish Brown's Caribbean moonfish mariposa moonfish Mexican moonfish ocean moonfish Pacific moonfish Peruvian moonfish razor moonfish sailfin moonfish silver moonfish southern moonfish spotted moonfish

Translations

Bulgarian: риба-луна Cebuano: bilongbilong Dutch: maanvis French: sélène German: Gotteslachs German: Mondfisch Tagalog: tabas
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