English noun: moonfish |
1. | moonfish (animal) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
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| Synonyms | Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead, Selene setapinnis |
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| Broader (hypernym) | carangid, carangid fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer |
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2. | moonfish (animal) large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean |
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| Synonyms | Lampris regius, opah |
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| Broader (hypernym) | malacopterygian, soft-finned fish |
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| Member meronym | genus Lampris, Lampris |
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