halibut

hal·i·but  (hl-bt, hl-)

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.

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[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).]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	halibut - lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific holibut, 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 holibut 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

Translations

halibut [ˈhælɪbət] N (halibut or halibuts (pl)) → halibut m, hipogloso m

halibut [ˈhælɪbət] [halibut] [ˈhælɪbət] (pl) n → flétan m

halibut

n → Heilbutt m

halibut [ˈhælɪbət] n → ippoglosso, halibut m inv

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halibut [ˈhælɪbət] n → ippoglosso, halibut m inv