platgoed

Definitions of platgoed
  1. noun
    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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    bot, botje
    any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
    heilbot
    marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
    tong, zeetong
    right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
    schol
    large European food fish
    scharretong
    a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
    vensterglas, vensterruit
    very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
  2. noun
    sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
    synonyms: platvis
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    bot, botje, schol
    flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
    tongfilet
    lean flesh of any of several flatfish
    heilbot
    lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
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