Found 1 hit - Term: hippoglossus vulgaris, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
halibut \hal"ibut\ ho^l"i^bu^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 pleuronectidae. it often grows very large,
weighing more than three hundred pounds. it is an important
food fish. written also holibut.
1913 webster
see also:
holy holiday hippoglossus vulgaris pleuronectidae holibut
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