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HALIBUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
Synonyms:
halibut; holibut
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("halibut" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "halibut"):
halibut (lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("halibut" is a kind of...):
flatfish (sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets)
Holonyms ("halibut" is a part of...):
halibut; holibut (marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes)