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UK
/bˈʌtəfɪʃ/
]
NOUN
- slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
- any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
- small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
How To Use butterfish In A Sentence
- Some local favorites are Lau Lau (pork chicken or vegetables steamed in a pouch of ti leaves), Lomi Salmon, Butterfish, Poke (a raw ahi tuna salad) and Poi (a dish made with mashed taro).
- My X-ray-eyed buddy Gary spotted a dragonet partly buried in the mud; a butterfish lived up to its name by making a rapid departure.
- Here butterfish can be seen feeding on mussels, and cowries are also in evidence.
- Unfortunately, striped bass season has come to an end December 15th, but now's a good time to start looking for local lobster, bluefish, butterfish, squid, fluke, herring, porgies and sea robins. Liza de Guia: Keeping Afloat: Why Supporting Small, Local Commercial Fishermen is Important [Video]
- Here butterfish can be seen feeding on mussels, and cowries are also in evidence.
- Don't they have butterfish, warehou, hoki or tarakihi in Sydney?
- Scorpion fish, butterfish, scallops, prawns, peacock worms, cuttlefish and dragonets all go about their business among the many stationary species of aquatic life.
- It was not until the autofocus hit the mark that I noted the jaws of the scorpionfish trapping the poor butterfish.
- It was not until the autofocus hit the mark that I noted the jaws of the scorpionfish trapping the poor butterfish.
- Some local favorites are Lau Lau (pork chicken or vegetables steamed in a pouch of ti leaves), Lomi Salmon, Butterfish, Poke (a raw ahi tuna salad) and Poi (a dish made with mashed taro).