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halibut

ha·li·but

UK/ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/ US/ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/ uncommon

noun

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marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

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From Middle English halibut, equivalent to holy + butt (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Cognate with Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte, Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra, and Norwegian Nynorsk hellefisk.

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