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Flatfish

Flatfish Meaning & Definition
Flatfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flatfish?

[n] any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
[n] sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets

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See Also | acanthopterygian | fillet of sole | flounder | flounder | halibut | halibut | Heterosomata | holibut | lefteye flounder | lefteyed flounder | order Heterosomata | order Pleuronectiformes | righteye flounder | righteyed flounder | saltwater fish | sole | sole | spiny-finned fish | tonguefish

Flatfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Flat"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish of the family {Pleuronectid[ae]}; 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}.

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