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hol·i·but 
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Audio Help [hol-uh-buht] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural (especially collectively) -but, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -buts.
) -but, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -buts. | halibut. |
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| marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes [syn: halibut] |
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holibut
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.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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