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halibut Definition


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halibut
noun
    halibut, halibuts
    1. Either of two species of very large commercially important flatfish found in the N Atlantic and N Pacific.
Etymology: 15c: Anglo Saxon halybutte, from haly holy + butt flatfish, so called because it was eaten on holy days.



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