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Definition of Halibut

1. Noun. Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific.

2. Noun. Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes.

Definition of Halibut

1. n. A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidæ. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.

Definition of Halibut

1. Noun. A large flatfish of the genus ''Hippoglossus'', which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Halibut

1. a flatfish [n -S] - See also: flatfish

Medical Definition of Halibut

1. A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. Alternative forms: holibut. Origin: OE. Hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. Bot, G. Butte; cf. D. Heilbot, G. Heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Halibut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"Common halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus) The halibut is the only member of the genus, and is found in all northern seas. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"In former days the inshore cod and halibut fisheries on ... To catch cod or halibut in large quantities now, one must go to the offshore banks ; and this a ..."

3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Fillets of halibut with Brown Sauce. Cut a slice of halibut weighing one and one-half ... halibut & la Poulette. halibut a la Poulette. A slice of halibut, ..."

4. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"halibut halibut are a kind of flatfish, like enormous flounders. Like many fish, they're darker on the upper side than on the lower - the idea is that a ..."

5. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"halibut, FLAT-FISH AND FLOUNDER. Flat fish, with eyes distorted, square, ovoid, rhomboid, long, Some cased in mail, some slippery-backed, the feeble and the ..."

6. Award of the Fishery Commission: Documents and Proceedings of the Halifax by Maurice Delfosse, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Alexander Tilloch Galt, United States Dept. of State (1878)
"This is a great »laue for halibut. Q. Are halibut caught on the shores yon have mentioned !—A. Yes. Q. halibut are caught ..."

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