"butterfish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/ [UK], /ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/ [US] Forms: butterfish [plural], butterfishes [plural]
Etymology: From butter + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|butter|fish}} butter + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|butterfish|+}} butterfish (plural butterfish or butterfishes)
  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.
    Categories (lifeform): Labroid fish, Zoarcoid fish Translations (fish of the family Stromateidae): маслена риба (maslena riba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), voikala (Finnish), yıldız balığı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-butterfish-en-noun-iWW08ce4 Disambiguation of Labroid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Zoarcoid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Disambiguation of 'fish of the family Stromateidae': 59 13 14 13 1
  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.
    Categories (lifeform): Labroid fish, Zoarcoid fish Translations (Pholis gunnellus): teisti (Finnish), douoche [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), tchilieuvre dé mé [Jersey, feminine] (Norman)
    Sense id: en-butterfish-en-noun-9CmnXQWj Disambiguation of Labroid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Zoarcoid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Categories (other): Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 22 26 32 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 20 26 32 14 Disambiguation of 'Pholis gunnellus': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
    The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
    Categories (lifeform): Labroid fish, Zoarcoid fish Translations (Odax pullus): mararī (Maori)
    Sense id: en-butterfish-en-noun-FQL1Eak4 Disambiguation of Labroid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Zoarcoid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Categories (other): Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 17 35 27 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 22 26 32 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 20 26 32 14 Disambiguation of 'Odax pullus': 3 7 68 14 8
  4. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
    (obsolete) 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.
    Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Labroid fish, Percoid fish, Scorpaeniform fish, Stromateoid fish, Zoarcoid fish
    Sense id: en-butterfish-en-noun-JpfaXKMj Disambiguation of Labroid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 19 18 24 34 5 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 20 18 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Stromateoid fish: 20 18 25 31 6 Disambiguation of Zoarcoid fish: 20 19 25 31 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 22 37 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 8 13 48 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 16 26 37 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 24 37 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 17 22 35 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 16 22 35 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 22 26 32 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 20 26 32 14
  5. (informal) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-butterfish-en-noun-5QV55oyD Categories (other): Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 22 26 32 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 20 26 32 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: butter-fish

Inflected forms

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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "Pholis gunnellus",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tchilieuvre dé mé"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Odax pullus",
      "word": "mararī"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "butterfish"
  ],
  "word": "butterfish"
}

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