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Butterfish

nounid 17004·updated May 18, 2026
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slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters

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Variants

synonym
rock gunnelstromateidstromateid fish
plural
Butterfishes
possessive
Butterfish's
pluralpossessive
Butterfishes'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
§2
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
§3
any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin

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