Halibut

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {holibut}]