"moonfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: moonfish [plural], moonfishes [plural]
Etymology: From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|fish}} moon + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|*|+}} moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes)
  1. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    in family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes).
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-q-09Y70l Categories (other): Lampriform fish, Percoid fish Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12
  2. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area.
    Translations (Mene maculata): bilongbilong (Cebuano), 眼眶魚 /眼眶鱼 (yǎnkuàngyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 銀鏡 (ginkagami) (Japanese), tabas (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-8W4j-cjC Categories (other): Lampriform fish, Percoid fish Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of 'Mene maculata': 3 44 13 2 11 6 10 11
  3. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    Most species of the genus Selene.
    Translations (most species of the genus Selene): селена (selena) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-1Mm~2DUe Categories (other): Lampriform fish, Percoid fish Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of 'most species of the genus Selene': 5 5 64 5 5 5 9 5
  4. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).
    Translations (Chaetodipterus faber): селена (selena) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-zw56qtmo Categories (other): Lampriform fish, Percoid fish Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of 'Chaetodipterus faber': 5 8 3 60 7 4 7 6
  5. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    in family Molidae (ocean sunfish).
    Translations (the family Molidae): риба луна (riba luna) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-BcT8i1mG Categories (other): Lampriform fish, Percoid fish Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of 'the family Molidae': 6 6 7 1 50 10 10 10
  6. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    opahs in the family Lamprididae.
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-~900Yf2- Categories (other): Lampriform fish, Percoid fish Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12
  7. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
    Synonyms (Brosme brosme): brismak, brosmius, torsk, tusk
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-NGiQUV3d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Acanthuroid fish, Gadiforms, Jackfish, Lampriform fish, Percoid fish, Tetraodontiforms, Toothcarps Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 5 5 15 9 31 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 22 3 3 23 6 32 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 14 3 2 15 11 32 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 12 8 5 14 10 32 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 14 5 5 19 7 39 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 7 13 6 5 15 8 39 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 15 4 4 16 7 42 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 14 4 4 20 6 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 14 4 4 18 6 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 14 4 4 20 7 39 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 18 5 5 14 6 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 7 13 6 5 15 8 39 8 Disambiguation of Acanthuroid fish: 11 11 11 11 11 11 20 11 Disambiguation of Gadiforms: 6 9 4 3 9 7 55 7 Disambiguation of Jackfish: 7 10 6 6 11 7 46 8 Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Tetraodontiforms: 7 9 4 3 19 7 42 8 Disambiguation of Toothcarps: 7 10 4 3 11 7 44 14 Disambiguation of 'Brosme brosme': 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0
  8. Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
    southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).
    Synonyms (Xiphophorus maculatus): common platy Translations (Xiphophorus maculatus): плата (plata) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-tBpPADaW Categories (other): Lampriform fish, Percoid fish Disambiguation of Lampriform fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 Disambiguation of 'Xiphophorus maculatus': 4 7 10 1 11 6 12 49 Disambiguation of 'Xiphophorus maculatus': 4 7 10 1 11 6 9 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (any of various flat, oval marine fish species): риба-луна (riba-luna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bilongbilong (taxonomic: Mene maculata) (Cebuano), maanvis [masculine] (Dutch), sélène [feminine] (French), Gotteslachs [masculine] (German), Mondfisch [masculine] (German), tabas (taxonomic: Mene maculata) (Tagalog)
Derived forms: African moonfish (taxonomic: Selene dorsalis), Atlantic moonfish (taxonomic: Selene setapinnis), Brown's Caribbean moonfish (taxonomic: Selene brownii), mariposa moonfish (taxonomic: Lampris guttatus), Mexican moonfish (alt: Paraselene orstedii), ocean moonfish (taxonomic: Lampris guttatus), Pacific moonfish, Peruvian moonfish (taxonomic: Selene peruviana), razor moonfish (taxonomic: Mene maculata), sailfin moonfish (taxonomic: Veliferidae spp.), silver moonfish (taxonomic: Drepane punctata), southern moonfish (taxonomic: Lampris immaculatus), spotted moonfish (taxonomic: Lampris guttatus) Disambiguation of 'any of various flat, oval marine fish species': 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Inflected forms

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        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)."
      ],
      "id": "en-moonfish-en-noun-tBpPADaW",
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          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 10 1 11 6 12 49",
          "sense": "Xiphophorus maculatus",
          "word": "common platy"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 10 1 11 6 9 50",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "plata",
          "sense": "Xiphophorus maculatus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плата"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "riba-luna",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "риба-луна"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12",
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "taxonomic": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "bilongbilong"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maanvis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sélène"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gotteslachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mondfisch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "taxonomic": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "tabas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moonfish"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cebuano translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "en:Acanthuroid fish",
    "en:Gadiforms",
    "en:Jackfish",
    "en:Lampriform fish",
    "en:Percoid fish",
    "en:Tetraodontiforms",
    "en:Toothcarps"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "taxonomic": "Selene dorsalis",
      "word": "African moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Selene setapinnis",
      "word": "Atlantic moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Selene brownii",
      "word": "Brown's Caribbean moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lampris guttatus",
      "word": "mariposa moonfish"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Paraselene orstedii",
      "word": "Mexican moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lampris guttatus",
      "word": "ocean moonfish"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pacific moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Selene peruviana",
      "word": "Peruvian moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "razor moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Veliferidae spp.",
      "word": "sailfin moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Drepane punctata",
      "word": "silver moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lampris immaculatus",
      "word": "southern moonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lampris guttatus",
      "word": "spotted moonfish"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "moon",
        "3": "fish"
      },
      "expansion": "moon + fish",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moonfish",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moonfishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "2": "+"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "in family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "Monodactylidae",
          "Monodactylidae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "fingerfish",
          "fingerfish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "Indo-Pacific",
          "Indo-Pacific"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "Most species of the genus Selene."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "Selene",
          "Selene#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "in family Molidae (ocean sunfish)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "Molidae",
          "Molidae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "ocean sunfish",
          "ocean sunfish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "opahs in the family Lamprididae."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
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          "opah",
          "opah"
        ],
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          "Lamprididae",
          "Lamprididae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "cusk",
          "cusk"
        ],
        [
          "ling",
          "ling"
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        [
          "Lotidae",
          "Lotidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:",
        "southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Brosme brosme",
      "word": "brismak"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Brosme brosme",
      "word": "brosmius"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Brosme brosme",
      "word": "torsk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Brosme brosme",
      "word": "tusk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Xiphophorus maculatus",
      "word": "common platy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "riba-luna",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "риба-луна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "taxonomic": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "bilongbilong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maanvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sélène"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gotteslachs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mondfisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "taxonomic": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "tabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "sense": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "bilongbilong"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yǎnkuàngyú",
      "sense": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "眼眶魚 /眼眶鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ginkagami",
      "sense": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "銀鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "tabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "selena",
      "sense": "most species of the genus Selene",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "селена"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "selena",
      "sense": "Chaetodipterus faber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "селена"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "riba luna",
      "sense": "the family Molidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "риба луна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "plata",
      "sense": "Xiphophorus maculatus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плата"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moonfish"
}

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