Flatfish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of numerous chiefly marine fishes of the order Pleuronectiformes, including the flounders, soles, and halibuts, having a laterally compressed body with both eyes on the upper side.
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  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any fish of the suborder Heterosomata: so called from the flattened bilaterally unsymmetrical form.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
  • 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
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    flatfishes    flounder   
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