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Butterfish

//ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially; Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
  2. 2
    slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially; A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
  4. 4
    small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially; The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
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  1. 6
    any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin wordnet
  2. 7
    Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially; The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html. obsolete
  3. 8
    A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). informal

Etymology

From butter + fish.

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