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butterfish.

Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/UK/ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/US

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.

  4. 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.

    obsolete

  5. A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).

    informal
Where this word comes from

From butter + fish.

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