Butterfishes

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  butterfishes
       See {butterfish}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  butterfish


       n 1: any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth
            skin
       2: small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body
          and feeble spines [syn: {stromateid fish}, {stromateid}]
       3: slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic
          coastal waters [syn: {rock gunnel}, {Pholis gunnellus}]
       [also: {butterfishes} (pl)]