Halibut

( Zool.) The common name of the genus Hippo glo us, which includes the largest fishes of the Pleuronutidæ, or Flounder family, attaining the length of 6 or 7 feet in the North Atlantic, and weighing from 300 to 400 lbs. Halibut Island, in Alaska , an island in the North Pacific Ocean, near the S.W. extremity of the peninsula of Alaska; Lat. 54° 48' N., Lon. 164° 15′ W. Circumference 22 m. This island was discovered by Capt. Cook, the celebrated navigator, who named it from the immense numbers of halibut taken off its shores. Halicarna us. ( Anc . Geog .) A city of Caria, in Asia Minor, on the Ceramian Gulf, where the small town of Boudroum now stands. It was originally called Zephyr i a , was of Dorian origin, and is famous as the birthplace of Hero dot us, B. C. 484. The celebrated tomb of Mausolus was erected B. c. 353, and the city was taken by Alexander the Great, в. с. 334. It was a bishopric in the Primitive Church. The site of the ancient town was discovered in 1839 by Lieut. Block. See MAUSOLEUM. Hal'icore, n. See MANATEE. Halicu'tics, n. sing . [Gr. alicutikos , relating to fishing Ichthyology.