Butterfish Definition

bŭtər-fĭsh
butterfishes
noun
Any of various fishes of the family Stromateidae having tender oily flesh, especially Peprilus triacanthus of the North American Atlantic coast.
American Heritage
Any of various fishes (esp. family Stromateidae) with a slippery, protective covering of mucus, as a gunnel.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • stromateid
  • stromateid fish
  • Pholis gunnellus
  • rock gunnel

Other Word Forms of Butterfish

Noun

Singular:
butterfish
Plural:
butterfishes

Origin of Butterfish

  • Originally applied to a species of gunnel found in British waters, noted for its slippery coating of mucus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From butter +‎ fish.

    From Wiktionary

Butterfish Sentence Examples

  • Next in importance were the catches of menhaden, shad, clams, squeteague and alewives; while minor catches were made of crabs, croaker, bluefish, butterfish, catfish, perch and spotted and striped bass.

  • Catching hermit crabs, watching bright red sticky beadlet anemones catch a passing shrimp, watching the slippery butterfish vanish beneath a rock.

  • Gobies, blennies, butterfish and 3 spined sticklebacks are common in the rockpools.

  • Known to eat small gobies, small blennies and small wrasse, but not the Butterfish, Pholis gunnellus.

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