Definition of "moonfish" []

• Any of several marine fishes of the family Carangidae, found in warm coastal waters of North and South America and having short compressed bodies and a silver to yellowish color. Also called dollarfish. (noun)
• See opah. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The secret ingredient: opah (also known as moonfish or sunfish)."
• "The roles since then have been seemingly random: an abominable snowman, a school of moonfish, a supervillain, an anthropomorphic Mack truck, a waiter, a space traveler and a construction worker."
• "He did witness "extensive moonfish kills" and also saw a number of dead sand perch and some tarpon."