halibut
noun/ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/
Etymology
From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy + but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Cognate with Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte, Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra, and Norwegian Nynorsk hellefisk.
- inherited from *halibutt✻
Definitions
A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and…
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.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA