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ATLANTIC HALIBUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Atlantic halibut mean?
• ATLANTIC HALIBUT (noun)
The noun ATLANTIC HALIBUT has 1 sense:
1. largest United States flatfish
Familiarity information: ATLANTIC HALIBUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest United States flatfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Atlantic halibut; Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Hypernyms ("Atlantic halibut" is a kind of...):
righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)
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