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Flatfish

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Noun

1. flatfish

sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets

2. 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Flatfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
any marine spiny-finned fish of the order Heterosomata, including the halibut, plaice, turbot, and sole, all of which (when adult) swim along the sea floor on one side of the body, which is highly compressed and has both eyes on the uppermost side

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Flatfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈflatˌfish or ˈflatˌfishes
any of an order (Pleuronectiformes) of marine bony fishes, including flounders and soles, having a laterally flattened, asymmetrical body with, as an adult, both eyes and mouth on the upper side

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Flatfish

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n. pl. flatfish or flat·fish·es
Any of numerous chiefly marine fishes of the order Pleuronectiformes, including the flounders, soles, and halibuts, having a laterally compressed body with both eyes on the upper side.

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