moonfish n 1: any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies [syn: {moonfish}, {Atlantic moonfish}, {horsefish}, {horsehead}, {horse-head}, {dollarfish}, {Selene setapinnis}] 2: large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean [syn: {opah}, {moonfish}, {Lampris regius}]
Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.) An American market fish ({Chaetodipterus faber}) common on the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish}, and {porgy}. [1913 Webster]
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.) (a) An American marine fish ({Vomer setipennis}); -- called also {bluntnosed shiner}, {horsefish}, and {sunfish}. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ({Selene vomer}); -- called also {lookdown}, and {silver moonfish}. (c) The mola. See {Sunfish}, 1. [1913 Webster]