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/ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/ · noun
A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically..
[...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.
Use halibut when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Halibut means A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically..
Common synonyms include holibut.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.
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