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nounany 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 sidetype of:
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nounsweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin filletstype of:
Definition that contains flatfish
- lefteyed flounder flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
- heterosomata flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
- order heterosomata flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
- lefteye flounder flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
- order pleuronectiformes flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes