halibut

views updated Jun 08 2018

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

halibut

views updated Jun 08 2018

halibut large flatfish. XV (also holibut, from XVII). f. hāly, HOLY + BUTT2.

halibut

views updated Jun 27 2018

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.

halibut

views updated May 17 2018

halibut A white fish, Hippoglossus spp.