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Webster 1913 Edition
Flatfish
Flat′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any fish of the family
Pleuronectidæ
; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus
). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder
. Definition 2024
flatfish
flatfish
English
Noun
flatfish (countable and uncountable, plural flatfish or flatfishes)
- A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.
Hyponyms
- See also Wikisaurus:flatfish
Translations
fish of the order Pleuronectiformes
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