dollarfish

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noun

An American butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus).

Similar
Poronotus triacanthusmoonfishAtlantic moonfishhorsefishhorseheadhorse-headSelene setapinnis
OriginEnglish fish ← Middle English fisch ← Old English fisċ →
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Meanings

noundollarfish (plural dollarfishes or dollarfish)

plural dollarfishes

  1. An American butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall food fish of Atlantic coast

Similar
Poronotus triacanthus
Broader
butterfishstromateid fishstromateid

nounany of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

Similar
moonfishAtlantic moonfishhorsefishhorseheadhorse-headSelene setapinnis
Broader
carangid fishcarangid
Also see
horsefishhorseheadmoonfish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  3. Old High Germantal
  4. Middle High Germantal
  5. GermanTal
  6. GermanTaler
  7. Middle Low Germandāler
  8. Dutchdaler
  9. Englishdollar
  10. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  11. Proto-Germanic*fiskaz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*fisk
  13. Old Englishfisċ
  14. Middle Englishfisch
  15. Englishfish
  16. Englishdollarfish

From dollar + fish.

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Cite this entry
APA

dollarfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarfish

MLA

“dollarfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarfish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dollarfish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarfish.

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