hal·i·but (h l  -bt, h l-)n. pl. halibut or hal·i·buts Any of several large edible flatfishes of the genus Hippoglossus and related genera, of northern Atlantic or Pacific waters. [Middle English : hali, holi, holy (from its being eaten on holy days); see holy + butte, flatfish (from Middle Dutch; see bhau- in Indo-European roots).] |
halibut [ˈhælɪbət], holibut [ˈhɒlɪbət]
n pl -buts, -but
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the largest flatfish: a dark green North Atlantic species, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, that is a very important food fish: family Pleuronectidae
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several similar and related flatfishes, such as Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Greenland halibut)
[from hali holy (because it was eaten on holy days) + butte flat fish, from Middle Dutch butte]
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| Noun | 1. |  halibut - lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacificholibut, halibut - marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes flatfish - sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets |
| 2. | halibut - marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes flatfish - any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side halibut - lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific |
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