flatfish
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1. 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 (noun.animal)
| hyponym | : | flounder, |
| definition | : | any of various European and non-European marine flatfish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | halibut, holibut, |
| definition | : | marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tongue-fish, tonguefish, |
| definition | : | left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sole, |
| definition | : | right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European (noun.animal) |
2. sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | saltwater fish, |
| definition | : | flesh of fish from the sea used as food (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | flounder, |
| definition | : | flesh of any of various American and European flatfish (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | fillet of sole, sole, |
| definition | : | lean flesh of any of several flatfish (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | halibut, |
| definition | : | lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific (noun.food) |
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