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Source: gcide
Horsefish \Horse"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The moonfish ({Selene setipinnis}).
(b) The sauger.

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Source: gcide
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine fish ({Vomer setipennis}); -- called
also {bluntnosed shiner}, {horsefish}, and {sunfish}.
(b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ({Selene vomer}); --
called also {lookdown}, and {silver moonfish}.
(c) The mola. See {Sunfish}, 1.

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