butterfish
Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especiallyAny of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially: Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
Meaning
5 sensesAny of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
(informal)A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
(obsolete)The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
- small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
- any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
- slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From butter + fish.From butter + fish.
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Forms
plural: butterfish / butterfishesSynonyms
4 synonyms- small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines:stromateid fishstromateid
- slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters:rock gunnelPholis gunnellus
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular