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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
halibut
    n 1: lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
    2: marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern
       Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost
       fishes [syn: halibut, holibut]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.] (Zool.)
   A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris),
   of the family Pleuronectid[ae]. It often grows very large,
   weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important
   food fish. [Written also holibut.]
   [1913 Webster]

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