English-Thai Dictionary

halibut

N ปลา ที่ มี ลำตัว แบน จำพวก  Hippoglossus pla-ti-me-lam-tua-baen-jam-puak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HALIBUT

n.A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, and order of Thoracics. This fish has a compressed body, one side resembling the back, the other the belly; and both eyes on the same side of the head. It grows to a great size; some to the weight of 3 or 4 pounds. It forms an article of food, and some parts of the body are fat, tender and delicious. This fish swims on its side, and hence the name of the genus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HALIBUT

Hal "i *but (;277 ), n. Etym: [OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G. heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris ), of the family Pleuronectidæ. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

halibut

hal i but |ˈhaləbət ˈhæləbət | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a northern marine fish that is the largest of the flatfishes and important as a food fish. [Genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae: H. hippoglossus of the Atlantic and H. stenolepis of the Pacific. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from haly ‘holy ’ + obsolete butt ‘flatfish ’ (because it was often eaten on holy days ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

halibut

halibut |ˈhalɪbət | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a northern marine fish which is the largest of the flatfishes and important as a food fish. ●Genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae: H. hippoglossus of the Atlantic and H. stenolepis of the Pacific. • used in names of large edible flatfishes of families other than the true halibut, e.g. Greenland halibut. ORIGIN late Middle English: from haly ‘holy ’ + obsolete butt ‘flatfish ’ (because it was often eaten on holy days ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

halibut

halibut nombre masculino Pez marino de hasta 3 m de longitud, cuerpo plano, largo y ovalado, con los dos ojos en el lado derecho de la cabeza; su color es gris oscuro en el lado derecho, y blanco en el izquierdo; es muy voraz y habita en aguas profundas de mares septentrionales; su carne es comestible .SINÓNIMO fletán .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

halibut

hal i but /hǽlɪbət /名詞 複 ～, 種類では ～s C 〘魚 〙ハリバ, オヒョウ 〘大形の平たい食用魚 〙; U その肉 .