BUTTERFISH

Meaning of BUTTERFISH in English

(n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

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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 …
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
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — [but.ter.fish] n (1674): any of numerous bony fishes (esp. family Stromateidae) with a slippery coating of mucus
Merriam-Webster 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. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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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