flatfish definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: sweet lean ... both eyes on the upper side Webster's 1913 Dictionary Flatfish Flat"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish of the ... flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (flatfish) Flatfish are sea fish with flat wide bodies, for example plaice ...
... 3.0 (2005) n 1: lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific 2: marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes [syn: halibut, holibut ... halibuts) Etymology: Middle English halybutte, from haly, holy holy + butte flatfish, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German but; from its ... See Holy, Holiday.] (Zo["o]l.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectid[ae]. It often grows ...
... n 1: flesh of any of various American and European flatfish 2: any of various European and non-European marine flatfish v 1: walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in ... Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flundra flounder Date: 15th century flatfish; especially a marine fish of either of two families (Pleuronectidae ... to E. flounder, v.i.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of many species. Note: The ...
... 3.0 (2005) n 1: flesh of a large European flatfish 2: a large brownish European flatfish [syn: turbot, Psetta maxima] Merriam Webster's noun (plural turbot ... Anglo-French turbut Date: 14th century 1. a large European flatfish (Psetta maxima) that is a popular food fish and has ... hippoglossoides) resembling the turbot Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a flatfish, Scophthalmus maximus, having large bony tubercles on the body and ...
... a golf club 2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: sole, fillet of sole] 3: the underside of the foot 4: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas ... Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin solea sandal, a flatfish Date: 13th century any of various flatfishes (family Soleidae) having ... or sola f. solum bottom, pavement, sole 2. n. any flatfish of the family Soleidae, esp. Solea solea used as food ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: flesh of large European flatfish 2: large European food fish [syn: plaice, Pleuronectes platessa] Merriam ... spots and used for food Britannica Concise Commercially valuable European flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa). At most 36 in. (90 cm) long, the ... long. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. same) 1 a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, having a brown back with orange spots and ...
... fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes [syn: halibut, holibut ... See Holy, Holiday.] (Zo["o]l.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectid[ae]. It often grows ...
... r floor — more at floor Date: before 12th century 1. flatfish 2. a flattened digenetic trematode worm; broadly trematode — compare liver ... k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo ...
... syn: lemon sole, English sole] 3: popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: English sole ... small European sole [syn: lemon sole, Solea lascaris] 5: European flatfish highly valued as food [syn: lemon sole, Microstomus kitt] 6 ...