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moonfishes

moonfishes is the plural of moonfish.

Meaning of moonfish

Noun

moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes)

  1. 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;
  2. A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
  3. Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae).
  4. Any member of the genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae);
  5. Any member of the species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae).

Questions about moonfishes

What is moonfishes the plural of?
Moonfishes is the plural of moonfish.

Words near moonfishes in the dictionary

  1. moonface
  2. moonfaced
  3. moonfaces
  4. moonfall
  5. moonfish
  6. moonfishes
  7. moonflask
  8. moonflasks
  9. moonflight
  10. moonflights
  11. moonflower

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