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halibut

Any of a group of large flatfishes found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The largest of the flatfishes, they may grow up to 2 m/6 ft in length and weigh 90–135 kg/200–300 lb. They are a very dark mottled brown or green above and pure white on the underside. The Atlantic halibut (H. hippoglossus) is caught offshore at depths from 180 m/600 ft to 730 m/2,400 ft. (Genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae.)



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He had seen halibut many times on marble slabs ashore, but it had never occurred to him to ask how they came inland.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
At last we rose and dressed; and Queequeg, taking a prodigiously hearty breakfast of chowders of all sorts, so that the landlady should not make much profit by reason of his Ramadan, we sallied out to board the Pequod, sauntering along, and picking our teeth with halibut bones.
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The readers of the Hosannah will re- gret to learn that the hadndsome and popular Sir Charolais of Gaul, who dur- ing his four weeks' stay at the Bull and Halibut, this city, has won every heart by his polished manners and elegant conversation, will pull out to-day for home.
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