moonfish
moon·fish
noun
1.
2.
large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
Origin
From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.
Phrases
- African moonfish
- Atlantic moonfish
- Brown's Caribbean moonfish
- mariposa moonfish
- Mexican moonfish
- ocean moonfish
- Pacific moonfish
- Peruvian moonfish
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