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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

halibut Flatfish found worldwide in deep, cold to temperate seas. Important commercially, it is brownish on the eye side and white below. Family Pleuronectidae; species, Atlantic Hippoglossus hippoglossus, giant Pacific H. stenolepis.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

hal·i·but / ˈhaləbət/ • n. (pl. same) a northern marine food fish (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae) that is the largest of the flatfishes.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

halibut large flatfish. XV (also holibut, from XVII). f. hāly, HOLY + BUTT2.
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

halibut A white fish, Hippoglossus spp.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

halibut see flatfish .

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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