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noun
Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid
noun
larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid
History
From drift + fish.
