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LEMON SOLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Important American food fish in the winter

Synonyms:

blackback flounder; lemon sole; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; winter flounder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lemon sole" is a kind of...):

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)

Meronyms (parts of "lemon sole"):

lemon sole; winter flounder (flesh of American flounder; important in the winter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European flatfish highly valued as food

Synonyms:

lemon sole; Microstomus kitt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lemon sole" is a kind of...):

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)

Meronyms (parts of "lemon sole"):

English sole; lemon sole (highly valued almost pure white flesh)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a member of...):

genus Microstomus; Microstomus (a genus of Pleuronectidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small European sole

Synonyms:

lemon sole; Solea lascaris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lemon sole" is a kind of...):

sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a member of...):

genus Solea; Solea (type genus of the Soleidae)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

Synonyms:

English sole; lemon sole; Parophrys vitulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lemon sole" is a kind of...):

sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a member of...):

genus Parophrys; Parophrys (a genus of Soleidae)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Highly valued almost pure white flesh

Synonyms:

English sole; lemon sole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lemon sole" is a kind of...):

fillet of sole; sole (lean flesh of any of several flatfish)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a part of...):

lemon sole; Microstomus kitt (European flatfish highly valued as food)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

Synonyms:

lemon sole; winter flounder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lemon sole" is a kind of...):

flounder (flesh of any of various American and European flatfish)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a part of...):

blackback flounder; lemon sole; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; winter flounder (important American food fish in the winter)

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