butterfish
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
butterfish (plural butterfish)
- 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.
- A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
- The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
- (obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis , .
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