Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fish of the family Carangidæ, Vomer setipinnis, having a much-compressed oblong body, a head high and angulated far above the eyes, a smooth silvery skin, and low dorsal and anal fins. It inhabits the warm parts of the Atlantic. Also called moonfish, dollar-fish, and blunt-nosed shiner.
- n. A carangoid fish, Selene vomer, closely resembling the foregoing, and known by the same names. See cut under horsehead.
- n. The sauger, Stizostedion canadense.
- n. A sea-horse, as Hippocampus hudsonius.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
- n. The sauger.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Etymologies
- horse + fish (Wiktionary)
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