butterfish

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
  2. noun small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
  3. noun slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters

Etymology

From butter + fish.

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