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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of Pleuronectidæ, containing the halibut. The common halibut is H. vulgaris. See cut under halibut. Also written Hypoglossus.

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  • noun halibuts

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Examples

  • Several flatfish, including halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), and flounder (Pleuronectes ferrugineus) are important locally for food and for cash.

    Indigenous peoples, animals, and climate in the Arctic 2009

  • Holibut _Hippoglossus vulgaris_, ii 321 or _Pleuronectes hippoglossus_

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • I don't know what we would call that period of time, but somebody give me a word the other day that I think I could, it was kind of like the word hippoglossus I think that's what we went through hippoglossus that's what we went through in the third quarter.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • I don't know what we would call that period of time, but somebody give me a word the other day that I think I could, it was kind of like the word hippoglossus I think that's what we went through hippoglossus that's what we went through in the third quarter.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Fish from the colder waters include the walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), cod (Gadus morrhua), mackerel (Scomber scomber), flounder, halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), and salmon (Onchorhynchus); subtropical species include the Pacific saury (Cololabis saira), sardines (Sardina), tuna (Thunnus), and Japanese mackerel.

    South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests 2008

  • In addition to salmon, this development will also involve other fish species such as Atlantic halibut] (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) and cod.

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast Atlantic (Barents and Norwegian Seas) 2009

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