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Definition of Lookdown
1. Noun. Similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead.
Generic synonyms: Atlantic Moonfish, Dollarfish, Horse-head, Horsefish, Horsehead, Moonfish, Selene Setapinnis
Definition of Lookdown
1. n. See Moonfish
Definition of Lookdown
1. Noun. The moonfish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lookdown
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lookdown
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lookdown
Literary usage of Lookdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
""Moon-fish"; ''Sun-fish"; "Horse-fish"; lookdown; Horsehead. ., vomer ...
MOON-FISH; lookdown. Selene vomer. This species is found on both coasts of America ..."
2. The Story of the Fishes by George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke, James Newton Baskett, George Henry Kingsley (1899)
"Something more of how a fish makes itself agreeable will be noted under the
topics, Nests, Shoaling, and Care of Young. FIG. 45.—Silver moonfish or lookdown ..."
3. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"From our Atlantic species it may be distinguished by its smaller fins, the dorsal
having 18 and the anal but 15 soft rays. lookdown ; Horsehead Selene ..."
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