Definitions

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  • noun Any of various unrelated fish that have the habit of following ships

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  • noun fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters
  • noun food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships

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Examples

  • The fact that most of the dead were either humuhumu, or triggerfish, and nenue, or rudderfish, but not other fish is also odd, he said.

    unknown title 2009

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