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halibut

DEFINITIONS OF: halibut

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n marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

Synonyms:
holibut
Type of:
flatfish
any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side

n lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

Type of:
flatfish
sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
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