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Halibut   /hˈæləbət/   Listen
Halibut

noun
(Written also holibut)
1.
Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific.
2.
Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes.  Synonym: holibut.



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halibut-liver oil
Atlantic halibut
Pacific halibut


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"Halibut" Quotes from Famous Books



... swim than he expected, and as he swam he noticed one or two things that struck him as rather odd. One was that he couldn't see his hands. And another was that he couldn't feel his feet. And he met some enormous fishes, like great cod or halibut, they seemed. He had had no idea that there were fresh-water ...
— The Magic World • Edith Nesbit


Words linked to "Halibut" :   Atlantic halibut, holibut, Pacific halibut, halibut-liver oil, flatfish


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