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(n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Butterfish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/butterfish.html. 1828.
 
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