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When he warns about pollution—“the halibuts and the sturgeons are being wiped out by detergents”—Mr Lehrer could have been singing yesterday.

From Economist • Oct. 31, 2017

Displayed on her deck were weird bits of equipment: submarine scooters, deep-sea motion-picture-taking devices called "halibuts," and an anti-shark cage.

From Time Magazine Archive

To a hungry boy what is there better than such a halibut, unless it be two halibuts?

From The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play by Rand, Edward A.

The halibuts, are cut into pieces on account of their great size, and are then salted; in which state they are very good eating.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert