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Definition of Butterfish
1. Noun. Any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin.
Generic synonyms: Saltwater Fish
2. Noun. Small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Family Stromateidae, Stromateidae
Specialized synonyms: Dollarfish, Poronotus Triacanthus, California Pompano, Palometa, Palometa Simillima, Harvestfish, Paprilus Alepidotus, Driftfish, Driftfish, Barrelfish, Black Rudderfish, Hyperglyphe Perciformis
3. Noun. Slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters.
Generic synonyms: Bracketed Blenny, Gunnel
Group relationships: Genus Pholis, Pholis
Definition of Butterfish
1. n. A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.
Definition of Butterfish
1. Noun. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butterfish
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Medical Definition of Butterfish
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Literary usage of Butterfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"Clean and wash 6 fresh butterfish, wipe dry, season with salt, roll in flour,
... Lay 6 well-cleaned butterfish in a covered dish, season with 1 ..."
2. How to Cook Fish by Olive Green (1908)
"FRIED butterfish—III Clean and gash the fish, roll in corn-meal and saute in ...
butterfish WITH FINE HERBS Prepare according to directions given for Sole ..."
3. Oysters and Fish by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1888)
"Fried butterfish.—These flat, slate-colored little fish are excellent when quite
fresh ; and as they are easily cleaned, they are recommended to ..."
4. The Murrey Collection of Cookery Books by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1895)
"Fried butterfish.—These flat, slate-colored little fish are excellent when quite
fresh ; and as they are easily cleaned, they are recommended to ..."
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