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DEFINITIONS 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

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any of various European and non-European marine flatfish; righteye flounder, righteyed flounder
flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head; halibut, holibut
marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes; lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder
flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head; tongue-fish, tonguefish
left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value; sole
right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European; Pleuronectes platessa, plaice
large European food fish; European flatfish, Platichthys flesus
important food fish of Europe; Limanda ferruginea, yellowtail flounder
American flounder having a yellowish tail; Pseudopleuronectes americanus, blackback flounder, lemon sole, winter flounder
important American food fish in the winter; Microstomus kitt, lemon sole
European flatfish highly valued as food; American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides
large American food fish; Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus
largest United States flatfish; Hippoglossus stenolepsis, Pacific halibut
a righteye flounder found in the Pacific; Paralichthys lethostigmus, southern flounder
flounder of southern United States; Paralichthys dentatus, summer flounder
flounder of eastern coast of North America; Etropus rimosus, gray flounder, grey flounder
flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico; whiff
a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil; sand dab
small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America; Scophthalmus aquosus, windowpane
very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America; Scophthalmus rhombus, brill
European food fish; Psetta maxima, turbot
a large brownish European flatfish; European sole, Solea solea
highly valued as food; Solea lascaris, lemon sole
small European sole; English sole, Parophrys vitulus, lemon sole
popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America; Psettichthys melanostichus, sand sole
a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America; Trinectes maculatus, hogchoker
useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama

Type of:: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

n sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets

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flesh of any of various American and European flatfish; fillet of sole, sole
lean flesh of any of several flatfish; halibut
lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific; yellowtail flounder
flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail; plaice
flesh of large European flatfish; turbot
flesh of a large European flatfish; sand dab
the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America; gray sole, grey sole
greyish-white flesh of a flatfish; English sole, lemon sole
highly valued almost pure white flesh; lemon sole, winter flounder
flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

Type of:: saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food

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