Halibut is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HALIBUT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a kind of large flatfish, also HOLIBUT
• a northern marine fish which is the largest of the flatfishes and important as a food fish.
• used in names of large edible flatfishes of families other than the true halibut, e.g. Greenland halibut.
• large edible flatfish of N Atlantic
• A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.
• lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
• marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a flatfish

Words related to HALIBUT

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Words that contain HALIBUT

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How to use HALIBUT in a sentence

• The other, called Halibut, is a kind of flat fish of an astonishing size, for one of them was found to weigh near two hundred pounds.
• He thought that perhaps if he could get up a vigorous quarrel with Halibut, he might be able to begin life afresh and forget Pawkins.
• They also sold us some pieces of salmon and halibut.
• Soon after, on putting over hooks and lines, we caught several halibut.
• I was once present, when the chief of Oonalashka made his dinner of the raw head of a large halibut, just caught.
• Add two-thirds a cup of grated cheese and the halibut.
• Halibut took it, and, his thoughts being at the moment far away, gave it a tender, respectful squeeze.
• At the second glass Halibut took an empty tumbler and helped himself.
• Halibut washed himself delicately, carefully trimming his hair and beard, and anxiously consulting the Major as to the set of his coat in the back, after he had donned it again.
• Halibut are taken in similar numbers in the North Channel in May, June, and July.
• This is a good summer ground for pollock, cod, and halibut, and it is a good herring-netting ground in the season.
• Cod are found here in good number from March to May, and halibut are taken here from March to May, inclusive.
• Halibut are sometimes abundant here in 10 to 15 fathoms during May and June.
• In June and July a few halibut are taken in 14 to 18 fathoms on the sandy patches between the ledges.
• In spring and early summer halibut are often found in depths of 35 to 60 fathoms on the gravelly parts of the ground.
• Halibut of larger size are taken occasionally in fairly good numbers in 30 to 50 fathoms in May and June.
• At all events, certain Portland vessels have recently taken good fares of halibut when fishing for them here in the season named.
• A certain amount of halibut may be taken in most years at various points on a bottom of hard gravel in spring and early summer in 35 to 65 fathoms.
• An occasional large halibut is taken, and even good catches have been reported.
• The cod and halibut industry, according to the same authority, began in 1830, although not fully established as a permanent industry until 1835.
• The Georges halibut is esteemed by the trade above the halibut from other grounds.
• In value, however, halibut takes third place in the list.
• In fact, the catch of halibut here makes quite an imposing figure when the comparatively small size of the ground is considered.
• Apparently red-clay bottom indicates a good halibut ground, as this species is usually present where such a bottom is found.
• Halibut are found on the Western Bank virtually all the year at depths varying with the seasons.
• The best fishing here for halibut is found from January to October.
• Halibut are found here all the year off the edges in 100 to 400 fathoms.
• Occasional fares of halibut are taken on and about the Rocky Bottom in 20 to 25 fathoms from July 1 to August 1.
• In the spring the halibut seem to be especially numerous in the northern and northwestern parts of the bank, later, in June and July, moving farther out.
• It is not of much importance as a fishing ground, although a few halibut trips are landed from it in most years.
• Of these fish, many salmon, halibut and cod are caught in Alaskan waters and brought into this state to be cured and prepared for the market.
• A middle cut, or thick piece, of halibut or salmon should be placed on the platter with the skin surface up and the back toward the farther side of the dish.

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