ALL meanings of butterfish
but·ter·fish
B b - noun butterfish an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin 3
- noun butterfish an edible reef fish, Coridodax pullus, of esp S New Zealand. It has a slippery purplish-grey to olive-green skin and is often found browsing on kelp 3
- noun butterfish any of various fishes (esp. family Stromateidae) with a slippery, protective covering of mucus, as a gunnel 3
- noun plural butterfish a small, flattened, marine food fish, Peprilus triacanthus, of Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having very small scales and smooth skin. 1
- noun plural butterfish the rock gunnel. See under gunnel1 . 1
- noun butterfish Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially. 0