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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
butterfish
 
SYLLABICATION:but·ter·fish
PRONUNCIATION:  btr-fsh
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. butterfish or but·ter·fish·es
1. A marine food fish (Poronotus triacanthus) of the North American Atlantic coast, having a flattened body. 2. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the moonfish and gunnel.
ETYMOLOGY:From its slippery mucous coating.
 
 
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