Thesaurus: butterfish

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1. 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.
2. n. any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
3. n. small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
4. n. slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
5. 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.
6. A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to theirslippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of theAtlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, therock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.
7. n:100 n. any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin n. small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines