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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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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