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halibutt

halibutt is the archaic form 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

Questions about halibutt

What is halibutt the archaic form of?
Halibutt is the archaic form of halibut.

Words near halibutt in the dictionary

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

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