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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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