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lookdown
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
lookdown \look"down`\, look-down \look"-down`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A fish ( Selene vomer ) similar to the moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead; it was also called moonfish at one time. Syn: Selene vomer .
WordNet
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n. similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead [syn: lookdown fish , Selene vomer ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The lookdown ( Selene vomer ) is a game fish of the Carangidae family . It was first described in 1758 by the "father of taxonomy ", Carolus Linnaeus , in the 10th edition of his book Systema Naturae .
Wiktionary
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n. The moonfish.
Usage examples of lookdown.
Then he lay down and carefully put himself in such a position that he could lookdown the hole.
Conforming to the latest stealth technology developed at the Anger Institute, its fuselage, wings, and low-profile V-shaped stabilators consisted of a series of gentle curves none of which reflected enough radar to be visible even on phased-array or lookdown radar systems.
Behind, the SAM shot over and past the ravine, then started up into a broad, high loop as it attempted to reaccess its target, its lookdown sensors searching for the aircar.
He lowered his face and half a dozen bright silver Mexican lookdowns, their mouths drawn into frowns, slid by, their bodies suddenly turning into knife blades, nearly vanishing, as they wheeled around and faced him head-on.
They watched a little flurry of coming and going before them-a parrotfish, then a royal gramma and a queen trigger, then the lookdowns reappeared, gliding past.