Crossword clues for moonfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zo["o]l.) An American market fish ( Ch[ae]todipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various flat, oval marine fish species. 2 # Family ''(taxlink Monodactylidae family noshow=1)'' 3 # Genus (taxlink Mene genus noshow=1) 4 # Genus (taxlink Selene genus nomul=1 noshow=1) 5 # (vern: Atlantic spadefish) ((taxlink Chaetodipterus faber species noshow=1)) 6 # Family Molidae ((vern: ocean sunfish)) 7 # The opahs in the family Lamprididae.
WordNet
n. any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies [syn: Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnis]
large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean [syn: opah, Lampris regius]
[also: moonfishes (pl)]
Wikipedia
Moonfish may refer to several groups of fishes:
- Family Monodactylidae (properly moonyfishes)
- Opah, genus Lampris
- Genus Mene
- Mene maculata, only extant member of the genus
- Selene (genus)
- Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)
- Cusk (fish)
- Southern platyfish
Usage examples of "moonfish".
The water in the lagoon boiled with moonfish, ten-centimeter disks of succulent flesh.
Afterward she ate a light dinner of smoked moonfish and black bread, washed down with a mug of kivas, the hot spice wine that Shotan prided itself on.
He was out in his boat, the lines out for moonfish, and she was flying above, keeping an eye on him.