butterfish (English, noun)
expansion: butterfish (plural butterfish or butterfishes)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
glosses: Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
glosses: Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
glosses: Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
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.
tags: obsolete
glosses: A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
tags: informal
Forms:
form: butterfish
tags: plural
form: butterfishes
tags: plural
form: butter-fish
tags: alternative