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LOOKDOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lookdown mean? 

LOOKDOWN (noun)
  The noun LOOKDOWN has 1 sense:

1. similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated foreheadplay

  Familiarity information: LOOKDOWN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOOKDOWN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lookdown; lookdown fish; Selene vomer

Hypernyms ("lookdown" is a kind of...):

Atlantic moonfish; dollarfish; horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; moonfish; Selene setapinnis (any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies)


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