butterfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).

/ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/ /ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/

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From butter + fish.

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