Noun has 3 senses

• butterfish(n = noun.food) - any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin;



• butterfish(n = noun.animal) stromateid, stromateid fish - small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines;





• butterfish(n = noun.animal) pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel - slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters;