BUTTERFISH

Meaning of BUTTERFISH in English

[but.ter.fish] n (1674): any of numerous bony fishes (esp. family Stromateidae) with a slippery coating of mucus

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BUTTERFISH — noun Date: 1674 any of numerous bony fishes (especially family Stromateidae) with a slippery coating of mucus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUTTERFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous fishes especially of the family Stromateidae and the suborder Percoidea that have a distinctly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTERFISH — (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus …
Английский словарь Webster
BUTTERFISH — ( n. ) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTERFISH — /but"euhr fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) butterfishes , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTERFISH — n. small edible fish
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BUTTERFISH — noun Date: 1674 : any of numerous bony fishes (especially family Stromateidae) with a slippery coating of mucus
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTERFISH — noun a name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the stromateus triacanthus …
Webster English vocab
BUTTERFISH — ■ noun ( plural same or ~es ) any of various fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin, especially the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUTTERFISH — any of the thin, deep-bodied, more or less oval and silvery fishes of the family Stromateidae (order Perciformes). Butterfishes are …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTERFISH — n. = GUNNEL(1).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTERFISH — n. = GUNNEL(1).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTERFISH — n. GUNNEL(1).
Oxford English vocab
BUTTERFISH — зоол. маслюк, поронот (зоология) маслюк, поронот (Poronotus gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTERFISH — n зоол. маслюк, поронот ( Poronotus gen. )
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BUTTERFISH — (n) маслюк; поронот
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BUTTERFISH — n зоол. маслюк, поронот ( Poronotus gen. )
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BUTTERFISH — n зоол. маслюк, поронот ( Poronotus gen. )
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BUTTERFISH — зоол. маслюк, поронот (зоология) маслюк, поронот (Poronotus gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTERFISH — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ fish Function: noun Date: 1674 : any of numerous bony fishes (esp. family Stromateidae) with a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POMPANO — noun (plural -no or -nos) Etymology: American Spanish pámpano, from Spanish, a percoid fish (Sparus auratus), literally, vine leaf, from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GUNNEL — I. ˈgən ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. : a small slimy elongate marine blenny ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUMPKINSEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a small brilliantly colored No. American freshwater sunfish ( Lepomis gibbosus ) or the related bluegill …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POMPANO — noun also pam·pa·no ˈpämpəˌnō, ˈpəm- ( plural pompano or pompanos ) Etymology: Spanish pámpano vine tendril, a kind of fish, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAMPELMOES — ˈpampəlˌmüs noun ( -es ) Etymology: Afrikaans pompelmoosje, from pampelmoose, pampelmoes shaddock, from Dutch pompelmoes : a large highly esteemed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAFAYETTE — ˌläfēˈet, ˌlaf- noun ( -s ) Etymology: after Marquis de Lafayette died 1834 French statesman 1. : a butterfish ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOLLARFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its shape and the silver color of the young 1. : a small marine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALIFORNIA POMPANO — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a Pacific coast butterfish ( Palometa simillima ) highly esteemed as food
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STARFISH — (n.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
Английский словарь Webster
SKIPJACK — (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, …
Английский словарь Webster
GUNNEL — (n.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also …
Английский словарь Webster
STARFISH — ( n. ) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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