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LOOKDOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lookdown mean?
• LOOKDOWN (noun)
The noun LOOKDOWN has 1 sense:
1. similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead
Familiarity information: LOOKDOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
lookdown; lookdown fish; Selene vomer
Hypernyms ("lookdown" is a kind of...):
Atlantic moonfish; dollarfish; horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; moonfish; Selene setapinnis (any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies)
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