Associations to the word «Halibut»

Wiktionary

HALIBUT, noun. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

Dictionary definition

HALIBUT, noun. Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific.
HALIBUT, noun. Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes.

Wise words

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