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halibut
(encz) | halibut,halibut n: druh ryby Radka D. |
halibut
(czen) | halibut,halibutn: druh ryby Radka D. |
Halibut
(gcide) | Halibut \Hal"i*but\ (h[o^]l"[i^]*b[u^]t; 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.] (Zool.)
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.]
[1913 Webster] |
halibut
(wn) | halibut
n 1: lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
2: marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern
Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost
fishes [syn: halibut, holibut] |
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halibut-liver oil
(encz) | halibut-liver oil, n: |
Halibut
(gcide) | Halibut \Hal"i*but\ (h[o^]l"[i^]*b[u^]t; 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.] (Zool.)
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.]
[1913 Webster] |
atlantic halibut
(wn) | Atlantic halibut
n 1: largest United States flatfish [syn: Atlantic halibut,
Hippoglossus hippoglossus] |
halibut-liver oil
(wn) | halibut-liver oil
n 1: a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of
vitamin A |
pacific halibut
(wn) | Pacific halibut
n 1: a righteye flounder found in the Pacific [syn: {Pacific
halibut}, Hippoglossus stenolepsis] |
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