halibut

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
    — [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.

词形变化

halibuts plural halibut plural hallibut alternative holibut alternative halibutt alternative holibutt alternative

词源

From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy + but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Cognate with Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte, Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra, and Norwegian Nynorsk hellefisk.
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