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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
2. 2
   small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide wordnet
3. 3
   larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico wordnet

Etymology

From drift + fish.

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