Defenition of the word flatfish

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

Meronymys for the word flatfish

• • Heterosomata
  • order Heterosomata
  • order Pleuronectiformes

Hyponyms for the word flatfish

• • fillet of sole
  • flounder
  • halibut
  • holibut
  • lefteye flounder
  • lefteyed flounder
  • righteye flounder
  • righteyed flounder
  • sole
  • tongue-fish
  • tonguefish

Hypernyms for the word flatfish

• • acanthopterygian
  • saltwater fish
  • spiny-finned fish

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