Usually means: Australian fish, also called abalone.
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  1. muttonfish: Merriam-Webster
  2. muttonfish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. muttonfish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. muttonfish: Vocabulary.com
  5. muttonfish: Wordnik
  6. muttonfish: Wiktionary
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  9. muttonfish: FreeDictionary.org
  10. muttonfish: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (muttonfish)

noun:  (chiefly US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus).
noun:  (Australia) Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone.

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