driftfish

Definitions of driftfish
  1. noun
    small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
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    type of:
    butterfish, stromateid, stromateid fish
    small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
  2. noun
    larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico
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    type of:
    butterfish, stromateid, stromateid fish
    small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
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