butterfish

名词 butterfish:

1. any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
2. small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
   同义词：stromateid fish, stromateid
3. slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
   同义词：rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus

but.ter.fish

n.（名词）
【复数】 butterfish 或 but.ter.fish.es
A marine food fish(Poronotus triacanthus) of the North American Atlantic coast, having a flattened body.
鲳：一种可食用海鱼（三刺光鲳 鲳属） ，生长于北美洲大西洋海岸，身体扁平
Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the moonfish and gunnel.
鲳科鱼：各种类似或相关的鱼类，比如月鱼和锦鳚

来源：
[From its slippery mucous coating]
[源于其分泌粘液的光滑表皮]