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n. Any of several large edible flatfishes of the genus Hippoglossus and related genera, of northern Atlantic or Pacific waters.

n. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

n. A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidæ. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.

n. A fish of the genus Hippoglossus, H. vulgaris, and the largest species of the flatfish family or Pleuronectidæ.

n. marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

n. lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

"Chef Michelle removing seared halibut from the pan."

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