butterfish
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Butterfish Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Butterfish
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
butterfish
Noun
1. any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
(hypernym) saltwater fish
(part-holonym) stromateid fish, stromateid
2. small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines
(synonym) stromateid fish, stromateid
(hypernym) percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
(hyponym) dollarfish, Poronotus triacanthus
(member-holonym) Stromateidae, family Stromateidae
3. slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
(synonym) rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus
(hypernym) gunnel, bracketed blenny
(member-holonym) Pholis, genus Pholis
Noun
1. any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
(hypernym) saltwater fish
(part-holonym) stromateid fish, stromateid
2. small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines
(synonym) stromateid fish, stromateid
(hypernym) percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
(hyponym) dollarfish, Poronotus triacanthus
(member-holonym) Stromateidae, family Stromateidae
3. slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
(synonym) rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus
(hypernym) gunnel, bracketed blenny
(member-holonym) Pholis, genus Pholis
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butterfish
butterfish
\but"ter*fish`\ (&?;), n. (zo?l.) 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.
butterfish
n
1. any of numerous small flat atlantic food fish having smooth skin
2. small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines [syn: stromateid fish, stromateid]
3. slippery scaleless food fish of north atlantic coastal waters [syn: rock gunnel, pholis gunnellus]
butterfish
\but"ter*fish`\ (&?;), n. (zo?l.) 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.
butterfish
n
1. any of numerous small flat atlantic food fish having smooth skin
2. small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines [syn: stromateid fish, stromateid]
3. slippery scaleless food fish of north atlantic coastal waters [syn: rock gunnel, pholis gunnellus]
Butterfish Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) |
Pampus argenteus
Scientific Name: Pampus argenteus
Common Name: Silver Pomfret
Market Name: Butterfish
Family: Stromateidae (butterfishes)
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Scientific Name: Pampus argenteus
Common Name: Silver Pomfret
Market Name: Butterfish
Family: Stromateidae (butterfishes)
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Butterfish Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hawaii Ethnic Food Glossary |
Butterfish
black cod (HAWAIIAN)
black cod (HAWAIIAN)
Butterfish Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Stromateidae
The family Stromateidae of butterfishes contains 17 species of fish in 3 genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific.
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