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halibut
(hælɪbət)
Word forms: plural halibut
variable noun
A halibut is a large flat fish.
Halibut is this fish eaten as food.
halibut in British English
(ˈhælɪbət) or holibut (ˈhɒlɪbət)
nounWord forms: plural -buts or -but
1.
the largest flatfish: a dark green North Atlantic species, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, that is a very important food fish: family Pleuronectidae
2.
any of several similar and related flatfishes, such as Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Greenland halibut)
Word origin
C15: from hali holy (because it was eaten on holy days) + butte flat fish, from Middle Dutch buttehalibut in American English
(ˈhæləbət; also ˈhɑləbət)
nounWord forms: plural ˈhalibut or ˈhalibuts
any of a genus (Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae) of large, edible flounders found in northern seas, esp. the Atlantic species (H. hippoglossus), which may exceed 45 kg (c. 100 lb)
Word origin
ME halybutte < hali, holy + butt, a flounder (so called because eaten on holidays): see holy + butt1Image ofhalibut
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Types of fishChinese translation of 'halibut'
halibut
(ˈhælɪbət)
Word forms:pl halibut
n (c/u)
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大比目鱼(魚)
(dà bǐmùyú) (条(條), tiáo)
Nearby words ofhalibut
- half/full fare
- halfway
- halfway through sth
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- hall of residence
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