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Halibut vs Tuna - What's the difference?

halibut | tuna |

As a noun halibut

is a large flatfish of the genus hippoglossus , which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

As a proper noun tuna is

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halibut

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus , which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IV , passage=[...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut .}}

    External links

    * ("halibut" on Wikipedia) * (Hippoglossus) ----

    tuna

    English

    Etymology 1

    From American Spanish alteration of the (etyl) , "I rush, dart along"). (en)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
  • The edible flesh of the tuna.
    • Synonyms
    * tuna fish, tunny

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Thunnus)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (wikipedia tuna)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia .
  • The fruit of the cactus.

    • See also

    * (l) * (projectlink) * (Opuntia)

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