driftfish

[ drift-fish ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) drift·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) drift·fish·es.
  1. any of several butterfishes, especially of the genus Psenes, inhabiting tropical waters.

Origin of driftfish

1
First recorded in 1860–65; drift + fish

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