Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A carangoid fish, Vomer sctipinnis: so named from the roundness and silvery color of the young. Also called
moonfish (which see). - noun A stromatoid fish, Stromateus triacanthus: so named from its round form and silvery color. Also called
butter-fish and harvest-fish. See cut underbutter-fish . - noun A flat, disk-shaped echinoderm, Echinarachnius parma, found along the Atlantic coast. Also known as cake-urchin and sand-dollar.
- noun The John-dory, Zeus australis: so called from the mark on its side.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun small food fish (
Poronotus triacanthus ) of the Atlantic coast. - noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
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- noun Peprilus triacanthus, the American butterfish.
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- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
- noun small food fish of Atlantic coast
Etymologies
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dollar + fish
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hernesheir commented on the word dollarfish
It's a fish, but it's also but the name is also applied to the echinoid called a sand dollar.
January 1, 2012