LOOKDOWN

lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer

(noun) similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lookdown (plural lookdowns)

An oddly-shaped Atlantic marine fish, Selene vomer.

Source: Wiktionary


Look"down`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Moonfish (b).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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