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chicken-halibut

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small halibut, weighing from 10 to 20 pounds.

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Examples

  • They may be doing anything from shooting fish to catching chicken-halibut or baby barracuda.

    El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

  • "My dad used to say Jabe's feet reminded him of a couple of chicken-halibut."

    Shavings Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

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