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butterfish

/'bətər,fɪʃ/

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noun
slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
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Similar:

pholis gunnellus rock gunnel

type of:
bracketed blenny gunnel
noun
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
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stromateid stromateid fish

type of:
percoidean percoid fish percoid
noun
any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
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type of:
saltwater fish

part of:
stromateid fish pholis gunnellus rock gunnel stromateid

Definition that contains butterfish

harvestfish butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina
paprilus alepidotus butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina
family stromateidae butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
stromateidae butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes