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# halibut

«halibut» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very large flat fish that lives in cold northern seas…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a halibut, halibut or halibuts)

### meaning for a pupil

A very large flat fish that lives in cold northern seas, such as the North Atlantic and North Pacific, eaten as food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about sea life, halibut are flatfish: both eyes are on one side of the head and they lie on the sea floor. In food, halibut is a white fish, served grilled, in fish and chips or fish pie. In Canada and Alaska halibut fishing is important. Phrases: halibut steak, Atlantic halibut.

### examples

- A halibut has both eyes on one side of its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/#x1)
- Halibut can grow longer than a grown-up person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/#x2)
- We had grilled halibut for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/#x3)
- Fishermen in Alaska caught a huge halibut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/#x4)
- Atlantic halibut are now protected because of overfishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/#x5)
- Young halibut swim upright, then one eye moves across. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/#x6)

### note

Plural usually «halibut» (like sheep), sometimes «halibuts». Pronounced HAL-i-but. It is a fish, not a mammal; do not mix it with «habit».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «halibut» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.