flatfish any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
halibut -
lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
flatfish any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
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Wiktionary
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halibut -
A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
Wikipedia
Halibut is a flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus from the family of the right-eye flounders. Various other flatfish are also commonly called halibut. The name is derived from haly (holy) and butt (flat fish), for its alleged popularity on Catholic holy-days.
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halibut A flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus and the family Pleuronectidae living in the North of Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
