'Mutton fish' definitions:

Definition of 'Mutton fish'

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  • Mutton \Mut"ton\, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See Mutilate.]
  • 1. A sheep. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The flesh of a sheep. [1913 Webster]
  • The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Mutton bird (Zool.), the Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus).
  • Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
  • Mutton fish (Zool.), the American eelpout. See Eelpout.
  • Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
  • Mutton monger, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman.
  • To return to one's muttons. [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous] [1913 Webster]
  • I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R. Haweis. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'mutton fish'

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  • Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot. [1913 Webster]