pacific halibut

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   a righteye flounder found in the Pacific

   SynonymsHippoglossus stenolepsis

   Broaderrighteye flounder

Questions about pacific halibut

What does pacific halibut mean?

pacific halibut means "a righteye flounder found in the Pacific".

What is another word for pacific halibut?

Close synonyms include Hippoglossus stenolepsis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pacific halibut a common word?

pacific halibut is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.