moonfish n 1: any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies [syn: {Atlantic moonfish}, {horsefish}, {horsehead}, {horse-head}, {dollarfish}, {Selene setapinnis}] 2: large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean [syn: {opah}, {Lampris regius}] [also: {moonfishes} (pl)] moonfishes See {moonfish}