different between haddock vs halibut

English

Etymology

From Middle English haddok, from Anglo-Norman hadoc, from Old French hadot. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (“to prepare”), cognate with Italian addobbare (“to souse fish or meat”).

The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæd?k/
• Rhymes: -æd?k

Noun

haddock (plural haddock or haddocks)

1. A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

Related terms

• finnan haddie
• hake

References

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

haddock m (plural haddocks)

1. Alternative form of hadoque

English

Alternative forms

• hallibut, holibut

Etymology

From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy +? but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Compare Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte. Compare also Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæ.l?.b?t/, /?h?.l?.b?t/

Noun

halibut (plural halibuts or halibut)

1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

Derived terms

• Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
• Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

Translations

Further reading

• halibut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa?l?i.but/

Noun

halibut m anim

1. halibut

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Germanic borrowing; see English halibut.

Noun

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

   Synonym: fletán