[hal-uh-buh
t, hol-] 
) -but, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -buts. | 1. | either of two large flatfishes, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, of the North Atlantic, or H. stenolepis, of the North Pacific, used for food. |
| 2. | any of various other similar flatfishes. |
| hal·i·but (hāl'ə-bət, hŏl'-) n. pl. halibut or hal·i·buts Any of several large edible flatfishes of the genus Hippoglossus and related genera, of northern Atlantic or Pacific waters. [Middle English : hali, holi, holy (from its being eaten on holy days); see holy + butte, flatfish (from Middle Dutch; see bhau- in Indo-European roots).] |