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Definition of Moonfishes
1. moonfish [n] - See also: moonfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonfishes
Literary usage of Moonfishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... moonfishes and pompanos. There are about 200 species in the family, and nearly
all are good for food. They abound in the warmer seas, and many of them ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... common and best known of the moonfishes. It is found on both coasts of tropical
America, from Cape Cod to Brazil, and from Lower California to Peru. ..."
3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... or moonfishes. These are characterized by the highly compressed body, the
great development of a large ..."
4. Recreations of a Sportsman on the Pacific Coast by Charles Frederick Holder (1910)
"... I should become a participant in an extraordinary contest with one of the
largest moonfishes ever taken in the prolific waters of Santa Catalina.1 We ..."
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