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hallibut

hallibut 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 hallibut

What is hallibut the archaic form of?
Hallibut is the archaic form of halibut.

Words near hallibut in the dictionary

  1. halliard
  2. halliards
  3. halliblash
  4. Halliburton
  5. Halliburtons
  6. hallibut
  7. hallical
  8. Halliday
  9. Hallidayan
  10. Hallidays
  11. Hallidays Point

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