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holibutt

holibutt 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 holibutt

What is holibutt the archaic form of?
Holibutt is the archaic form of halibut.

Words near holibutt in the dictionary

  1. Holhurahaa
  2. Holi
  3. holibobs
  4. holibut
  5. holibuts
  6. holibutt
  7. holidam
  8. holidate
  9. holidates
  10. holiday
  11. holiday camp

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