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halibut
 
SYLLABICATION:hal·i·but
PRONUNCIATION:  hl-bt, hl-
NOUN:Inflected forms: 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.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English : hali, holi, holy (from its being eaten on holy days); see holy + butte, flatfish (from Middle Dutch; see bhau- in Appendix I).
 
 
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