Halibut vs. Holibut

A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

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.

lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

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

Halibut is the common name for three flatfish in the genera Hippoglossus and Reinhardtius from the family of right-eye flounders and, in some regions, and less commonly, other species of large flatfish. The word is derived from haly (holy) and butte (flat fish), for its popularity on Catholic holy days.

See Halibut.

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