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Noun: halibut (halibut,halibuts)  ha-li-but
  1. Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
     
  2. Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
    - holibut [non-standard]

Derived forms: halibuts, halibut

Type of: flatfish

Encyclopedia: Halibut

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half-wit
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Haliaeetus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucorhyphus
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Haliatus albicilla
halibut
halibut-liver oil
Halicarnassus
Halicoeres
Halicoeres bivittatus
Halicoeres radiatus
Halictidae
halide
halidom
halieutic
Halifax