moonfish

English
a moonfish ("ocean sunfish")

Etymology

moon +‎ fish, parallel to the cognate, synonymous Dutch maanvis.

Noun

moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes)

  1. Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    Most moonfish are silvery (hence their name), others yellowish.
    1. Family Monodactylidae
    2. Mene maculata
    3. Selene spp.
    4. Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)
    5. Family Molidae (ocean sunfish)
    6. The opahs in the family Lamprididae.
    7. The cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
    8. The southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)

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