halibut
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy + but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Compare Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte. Compare also Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halibut (plural halibuts or halibut)
- A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:
- [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fish of genus Hippoglossus
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Further reading[edit]
halibut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hippoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halibut m anim
Declension[edit]
declension of halibut
singular | plural | |
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nominative | halibut | halibuty |
genitive | halibuta | halibutów |
dative | halibutowi | halibutom |
accusative | halibuta | halibuty |
instrumental | halibutem | halibutami |
locative | halibucie | halibutach |
vocative | halibucie | halibuty |
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
halibut m (plural halibuts)
Synonyms[edit]
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- en:Flatfish
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- pl:Flatfish
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- es:Fish