lefteyed flounder

Definitions of lefteyed flounder

1. noun

   flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
   synonyms: lefteye flounder

   types:

   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

   Citharichthys cornutus, horned whiff

   a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil

   type of:

   flatfish

   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