LOOKDOWN

Meaning of LOOKDOWN in English

/look"down'/ , n.

a silvery carangid fish of the genus Selene, of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and eyes placed high on the truncated forehead.

[ 1880-85, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase look down ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LOOKDOWN — noun Date: circa 1882 a silvery carangid fish ( Selene vomer ) chiefly of the Atlantic having a laterally compressed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LOOKDOWN — noun see lookdown fish
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOKDOWN — (n.) See Moonfish (b).
Английский словарь Webster
LOOKDOWN — ( n. ) See Moonfish (b).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOKDOWN — noun Date: circa 1882 : a silvery carangid fish ( Selene vomer ) chiefly of the Atlantic having a laterally …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOKDOWN — noun ·see moonfish (b).
Webster English vocab
LOOKDOWN — [look.down] n (ca. 1882): a silvery carangid fish (Selene vomer) chiefly of the Atlantic having a laterally compressed deep body …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOOKDOWN — ихт. селена (Selene vomer)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LOOKDOWN — ихт. селена ( Selene vomer )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LOOKDOWN — Pronunciation: ' lu ̇ k- ˌ dau ̇ n Function: noun Date: circa 1882 : a silvery carangid fish ( …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LOOKDOWN FISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun also lookdown ( -s ) Etymology: look down : any of several deep-bodied compressed silvery carangid fishes comprising …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOKDOWN FISH — n. silvery carangid fish with a condensed body and eyes located on the top of its truncated forehead
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOONFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural moonfish or moonfishes ) : any of a number of compressed often short deep-bodied silvery or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOLLARFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its shape and the silver color of the young 1. : a small marine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOONFISH — (n.) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
Английский словарь Webster
MOONFISH — ( n. ) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOONFISH — noun the mola. ·see sunfish, 1. 2. moonfish ·noun a broad, thin, silvery marine fish (selene vomer); called also …
Webster English vocab
MOONFISH — any of several fishes of the order Perciformes, such as Vomer setapinnis of the family Carangidae, and Mene maculata, the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CARANGID — any fish of the family Carangidae (order Perciformes), which contains more than 200 species of marine fishes, including such well-known …
Britannica English vocabulary
СЕЛЕНА — ихт. (Selene vomer) 1) lookdown 2) moonfish
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

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