Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See halibut, halibutter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
halibut .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Archaic form of
halibut .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
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Examples
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Whales and porpesses abound along the coasts; and the adjacent sea and bays yield an abundance of holibut, turbot, cod, haddocks, and other fish.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe William Bingley 1798
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Waterfowl were in considerable abundance: but torsk and holibut were almost the only kinds of fish that were caught.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe William Bingley 1798
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