What is "butterfish" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does butterfish mean in English? Meaning of butterfish definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "butterfish" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "butterfish": any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin

Noun

  • Meaning: any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
  • Synonyms: butterfish
  • Hypernyms: saltwater fish
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/

    Meaning of "butterfish": small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines

    Noun

  • Meaning: small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
  • Synonyms: butterfish stromateid stromateid fish
  • Hyponyms: barrelfish black rudderfish california pompano dollarfish driftfish harvestfish hyperglyphe perciformis palometa palometa simillima paprilus alepidotus poronotus triacanthus
  • Hypernyms: percoid percoid fish percoidean
  • Part Holonyms: butterfish
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/

    Meaning of "butterfish": slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters

    Noun

  • Meaning: slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
  • Synonyms: butterfish pholis gunnellus rock gunnel
  • Hypernyms: bracketed blenny gunnel
  • Part Holonyms: butterfish
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/

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    butterfish in English: butterfish
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