halibut

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  1. noun Any of several large edible flatfishes of the genus Hippoglossus and related genera, of northern Atlantic or Pacific waters.

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  • Real big I'd say we have ourselves a killer halibut, here," chuckled the investigating officer Could only happen to a tourist," his sidekick smirked Sometimes the ocean gets funny, upchucks every once in awhile. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 06 - June 1996
  • Vassell had gone with the halibut, and Coomer had opted for the steak. —  The Enemy by Lee Child
  • For the halibut, here's a happy shot of their wedding feast: —  Ampersand Duck
  • Factory trawlers and other large vessels on the hunt for pollock and Pacific cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands have slowed their harvests in the wake of initial high incidental catch of prohibited king salmon and halibut, a NOAA Fisheries manager said. —  AlaskaJournal.com | Statewide Business News for the Last Frontier
  • A prohibited species donation program allows them to donate these fish to food banks, but because the salmon and halibut are prohibited species in the groundfish fisheries, they are not allowed to enter into commerce. —  AlaskaJournal.com | Statewide Business News for the Last Frontier
 

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  1. 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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/ˈhɑlɪbut/
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