driftfish
driftfish · driftfishes · driftfish
Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical…Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
More definitions
- small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
- larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico
Origin
From drift + fish.From drift + fish.
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Forms
plural: driftfishes / driftfish| Singular | driftfish |
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| Plural | driftfishes / driftfish |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular