Meaning

1 senses

  1. An oddly-shaped Atlantic marine fish, Selene vomer.

More definitions
  • similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead

Origin

From look + down.

From look + down.

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Forms

plural: lookdowns
Singularlookdown
Plurallookdowns

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead:lookdown fishSelene vomer

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmoonfish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
loofahlookA1lookerlookoutloomC1

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