moonfish
noun
moonfish is spelled M-O-O-N-F-I-S-H: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, moonfish means “Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of moonfish is moonfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in moonfish?
| Letters | 8: M-O-O-N-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is moonfish?
Moonfish appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of moonfish
- moonfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moonfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area;
- 2
A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
- 3
Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae).
- 4
Any member of the genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae);
- 5
Any member of the species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moonfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of various flat, oval marine fish species:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does moonfish come from?
From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).