HORSEHEAD

moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnis

(noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

horsehead (plural horseheads)

A pump for pumping oil from an oil well.

A steel girder supporting the roof of a mine tunnel.

Source: Wiktionary


Horse"head`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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