dollarfish

dollarfish

(ˈdɒləˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any of various fishes that have a rounded compressed silvery body, esp the moonfishes or the American butterfish

but•ter•fish

(ˈbʌt ərˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish•es, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish. a small, flattened marine food fish, Peprilus triacanthus, of U.S. Atlantic coastal waters. [1665–75]

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Noun

1.dollarfish - small food fish of Atlantic coast Poronotus triacanthusstromateid, stromateid fish, butterfish - small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spinesgenus Poronotus, Poronotus - a genus of Stromateidae

2.dollarfish - any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodiesAtlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, moonfish, Selene setapinniscarangid, carangid fish - a percoid fish of the family Carangidaelookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer - similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead