Marine food fish of North Atlantic or North Pacific

• The largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes [syn: halibut ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (archaic form of halibut English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Halibut \Hal"i*but\ (h[o^]l"[i^]*b[u^]t; 277), n. [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 .] (Zo["o]l.) A large, northern, marine flatfish ( Hippoglossus ...