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Flatfish   Listen
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Flatfish  n.  (Zool.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; 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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"Flatfish" Quotes from Famous Books



... it was as nate a thing as ever I saw done," observed O'Brien: "the slightest mistake as to time or management, and at this moment the flatfish would have been dubbing at our ugly carcases. Peter, you're not fond of flatfish, are you, my boy? We may thank Heaven and the captain, I can tell you that, my lads; but now, where's the chart, Robinson? Hand me down the parallel rules and compasses, Peter; they are in the ...
— Peter Simple and The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 • Frederick Marryat



Words linked to "Flatfish" :   righteye flounder, tonguefish, lefteye flounder, saltwater fish, tongue-fish, acanthopterygian, Heterosomata, halibut, order Heterosomata, lefteyed flounder, flounder, righteyed flounder, sole, order Pleuronectiformes, spiny-finned fish, fillet of sole, holibut, European flatfish



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