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look·down

 (lo͝ok′doun′)
n.
A marine carangid game fish (Selene vomer) of western Atlantic waters, having a compressed silvery body with long rays on the dorsal and anal fins and a steep frontal profile.
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lookdown

(ˈlʊkˌdaʊn)
n
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the way paper appears when looked at under reflected light
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.lookdown - similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated foreheadlookdown - similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead
lookdown fish, Selene vomer
horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, moonfish, Selene setapinnis, Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish - any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
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Montshiwa regularly beat them to the lookdown and smiley that the vendors threw out at the end of the day.
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