"butterfish" in the noun sense
1. butterfish
any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
2. butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
3. rock gunnel, butterfish, Pholis gunnellus
slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
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