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FLATFISH
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Irregular inflected form: flatfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flatfish" is a kind of...):
acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flatfish"):
flounder (any of various European and non-European marine flatfish)
righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)
halibut; holibut (marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes)
lefteye flounder; lefteyed flounder (flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head)
tongue-fish; tonguefish (left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value)
sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)
Holonyms ("flatfish" is a member of...):
Heterosomata; order Heterosomata; order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("flatfish" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flatfish"):
flounder (flesh of any of various American and European flatfish)
fillet of sole; sole (lean flesh of any of several flatfish)
halibut (lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific)
