halibut
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- noun
- /ˈhæləˌbʌt/
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fletán
- OH, AND MARY MADE HER FAMOUS HALIBUT STROGANOF.
- halibut fillet
- grilled halibut
- fresh halibut
The three highest potassium content I could find were cod, halibut, and tuna.
- The three highest potassium content I could find were cod, halibut, and tuna.
Examples
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The restaurant served grilled halibut with a lemon butter sauce.
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Today we have a loaded baked potato with a side of broccoli, a pan-seared halibut served with rice and a fruit cup, and a steak sandwich that comes with fries.
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A nice, fresh piece of halibut for you.
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How about some frozen halibut?
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She had a nice fresh piece of halibut for you.
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They had wine with their fresh halibut dinner that night.
Fiction book (1999) -
We're having halibut.
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The three highest potassium content I could find were cod, halibut, and tuna.
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I'll have the halibut.
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Boiled halibut.
Synonyms
A large flatfish that lives in the northern Pacific and is eaten as food
A large flat fish that lives in the North Atlantic and is eaten for its firm white flesh
A large flat fish from the North Atlantic that people eat
A large flatfish like a halibut that lives in northern oceans
White, lean meat from thin flat sea fish often served as fillets
Compounds
A large flat fish that lives in the North Atlantic and is eaten for its firm white flesh
- Specialized
A large flatfish that lives in the northern Pacific and is eaten as food
How Firm
Surface Forms
Morphology
halibut = hali + butt
Although historically analyzable (from elements meaning 'holy' + 'flatfish'), the components are not productive or recognizable to modern learners, so the meaning cannot be derived from its parts.
Etymology
Halibut comes from old parts hali- and -butte, with hali- meaning 'holy' and -butte meaning 'flat fish'. Because people often ate it on 'holy' days, the name came to mean the fish's meat sold as food.