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   halibut

   /ˈhalɪbət/

   noun

   • 1. a northern marine fish which is the largest of the flatfishes and important as a food fish.
   • ▪ used in names of large edible flatfishes of families other than the true halibut, e.g. Greenland halibut.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from haly ‘holy’ + obsolete butt ‘flatfish’ (because it was often eaten on holy days).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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