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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Halibut  \Hal"i*but\  (?;277),  n.  [OE.  hali  holy  +  but  butte, 
  flounder;  akin  to  D.  bot,  G.  butte;  cf  D.  heilbot  G. 
  heilbutt  So  named  as  being  eaten  on  holidays.  See  {Holy}, 
  {Holiday}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  large  northern,  marine  flatfish  ({Hippoglossus  vulgaris}), 
  of  the  family  {Pleuronectid[ae]}.  It  often  grows  very  large 
  weighing  more  than  three  hundred  pounds.  It  is  an  important 
  food  fish.  [Written  also  {holibut}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Holibut  \Hol"i*but\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  See  {Halibut}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  holibut 
  n  :  marine  food  fish  of  North  Atlantic  or  North  Pacific;  the 
  largest  flatfish  and  one  of  the  largest  teleost  fishes 
  [syn:  {halibut}] 




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