LOOKDOWN Definition & Meaning

lookdown

[ look-doun ]

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noun

a silvery carangid fish of the genus Selene, of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and eyes placed high on the truncated forehead.

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Origin of lookdown¹

1880–85, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase look down

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“Devastated. Like I lookdown at my phone and I see the little white face, and I’m just like ‘I’m going to be late.’

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Yet lookdown at the undulating landscape below the village and you will see a carpet of green.

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Scientists already suspected that silvery fish like the lookdown and the bigeye scad use their skin as camouflage, reflecting light away to be less conspicuous.

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A lookdown, a transparent silver fish, stared back with dark, eerie eyes.

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Of the fish they studied, two species called the lookdown and the bigeye scad emerged as camouflage champions.

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