"moonfish" meaning in English

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Noun

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|+}} moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes)
  1. Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    The family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes).
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-UdsaGTys 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 species.
    Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area.
    Translations (M. maculata): bilongbilong (Cebuano), 眼眶魚 /眼眶鱼 (yǎnkuàngyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 銀鏡 (ginkagami) (Japanese), tabas (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-x0Sji1Gb 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 'M. maculata': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    Most species of the genus Selene.
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-d0iIPfze 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
  4. Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-0uNp4Dhd 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
  5. Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    The family Molidae (ocean sunfish).
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-CLuV6KF8 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
  6. Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    The opahs in the family Lamprididae.
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-8yjQ6-xY 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 species.
    The 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-Z5L4xPJT 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: 5 16 6 4 17 9 33 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 23 3 2 25 5 33 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 16 4 2 17 11 35 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 8 5 15 10 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 16 5 5 16 7 42 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 4 14 6 4 16 8 41 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 16 5 4 16 7 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 15 4 4 21 6 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 14 4 4 19 6 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 14 6 4 19 8 39 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 19 5 5 14 6 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 14 6 4 16 8 40 8 Disambiguation of Acanthuroid fish: 11 11 11 11 11 11 21 11 Disambiguation of Gadiforms: 3 9 4 3 10 6 57 7 Disambiguation of Jackfish: 5 10 5 5 11 7 47 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: 4 10 4 3 21 7 44 8 Disambiguation of Toothcarps: 4 10 4 3 11 7 46 14 Disambiguation of 'Brosme brosme': 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0
  8. Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    The southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).
    Synonyms (Xiphophorus maculatus): common platy
    Sense id: en-moonfish-en-noun-5MuJyW94 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': 1 7 11 1 12 6 13 49
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)
Disambiguation of 'any of various flat, oval marine fish species': 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Inflected forms

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          "fish"
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          "species"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.",
        "Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.",
        "Most species of the genus Selene."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.",
        "Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.",
        "The 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 species.",
        "The opahs in the family Lamprididae."
      ],
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        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
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          "opah",
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          "Lamprididae",
          "Lamprididae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.",
        "The cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus."
      ],
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        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "cusk",
          "cusk"
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        [
          "ling",
          "ling"
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        [
          "Lotidae",
          "Lotidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
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    {
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        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.",
        "The southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)."
      ],
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        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
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        [
          "species",
          "species"
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      ]
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  ],
  "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",
      "roman": "riba-luna",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "риба-луна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "taxonomic": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "bilongbilong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maanvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sélène"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gotteslachs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mondfisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any of various flat, oval marine fish species",
      "taxonomic": "Mene maculata",
      "word": "tabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "M. maculata",
      "word": "bilongbilong"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎnkuàngyú",
      "sense": "M. maculata",
      "word": "眼眶魚 /眼眶鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ginkagami",
      "sense": "M. maculata",
      "word": "銀鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "M. maculata",
      "word": "tabas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moonfish"
}

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