HALIBUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does halibut mean? 

• HALIBUT (noun)
  The noun HALIBUT has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: HALIBUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALIBUT (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

halibut; holibut

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)

 Context examples 

Halibut liver oil is taken as a supplement for vitamins A and D.

(Halibut Liver Oil, NCI Thesaurus)