English-Thai Dictionary
butterfish
N ปลา จาระ เม็ด pompano pla-ja-ra-med
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BUTTERFISH
BUTTERFISH But "ter *fish `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.
New American Oxford Dictionary
butterfish
but ter fish |ˈbətərˌfiSH ˈbədərˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or butterfishes ) any of a number of fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin, in particular: [● a deep-bodied edible fish of temperate and tropical seas (family Stromateidae ), in particular Peprilus triacanthus of eastern North America. ● another term for gunnel 1 ● an Australasian reef fish (family Odacidae ), in particular the edible Odax pullus of New Zealand, which has green bones and feeds on kelp. ● a tropical freshwater or marine fish that is popular in aquariums (several families, including Scatophagidae ).]
Oxford Dictionary
butterfish
butter |fish |ˈbʌtəfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or butterfishes ) any of a number of fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin: ● a deep-bodied edible fish of temperate and tropical seas (family Stromateidae ), in particular Peprilus triacanthus of eastern North America. ● another term for gunnel 1 . ● an Australasian reef fish (family Odacidae ), in particular the edible Odax pullus of New Zealand, which has green bones and feeds on kelp. ● a tropical freshwater or marine fish that is popular in aquaria (several families, including Scatophagidae ).
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