moonfish Meaning & Definition
What Does Moonfish Mean?
As a noun, moonfish means Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area; A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae). It is also used to mean Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area.
Moonfish Definition (Noun)
- Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area; A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
- Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area;
- A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
- Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae).
- Any member of the genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae);
- Any member of the species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae).
Synonyms of Moonfish
Moonfish synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes)
Words That Rhyme With Moonfish
Origin of Moonfish
From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.