halibut

• hallibut, holibut

From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy +‎ but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Compare Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte. Compare also Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæ.lɨ.bət/, /ˈhɒ.lɨ.bət/

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halibut (plural halibuts or halibut)

1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:

     [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.

• Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
• Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

• halibut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowed from English halibut.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.liˈbut/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.liˈbut/

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

• halibut de l'Atlàntic
• halibut del Pacífic
• halibut negre

• “halibut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /xaˈli.but/

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• Rhymes: -ibut
• Syllabification: ha‧li‧but

halibut m anim

1. halibut

• halibut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• halibut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Germanic borrowing; see English halibut.

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

   Synonym: fletán