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Webster 1913 Edition

Thornbut

Thorn′but

,

Noun.

[

Thorn

+

-but

as in

halibut

; cf. G.

dornbutt

.]

(Zool.)

The turbot.

Definition 2024

thornbut

thornbut

English

Noun

thornbut ‎(plural thornbuts)

(obsolete, rare) A fish, the turbot.
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