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halibuts

halibuts is the plural of halibut.

Meaning of halibut

Noun

halibut (plural halibuts or halibut)

  1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
    • [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV

Phrases with halibuts

Questions about halibuts

What is halibuts the plural of?
Halibuts is the plural of halibut.

Words near halibuts in the dictionary

  1. Haliburton County
  2. Haliburtons
  3. halibut
  4. halibuter
  5. halibuters
  6. halibuts
  7. halibutt
  8. halibutter
  9. halibutters
  10. Halicarnassan
  11. Halicarnassans

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