Associations to the word «Butterfish»
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Wiktionary
BUTTERFISH, noun. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
BUTTERFISH, noun. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
BUTTERFISH, noun. A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
BUTTERFISH, noun. The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
BUTTERFISH, noun. (obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis [1], [2].
Dictionary definition
BUTTERFISH, noun. Any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin.
BUTTERFISH, noun. Small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines.
BUTTERFISH, noun. Slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters.
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