Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Pleuronectidæ, containing the halibut. The common halibut is H. vulgaris. See cut under
halibut . Also writtenHypoglossus .
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- noun halibuts
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Examples
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Several flatfish, including halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), and flounder (Pleuronectes ferrugineus) are important locally for food and for cash.
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Holibut _Hippoglossus vulgaris_, ii 321 or _Pleuronectes hippoglossus_
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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