flatfish

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flatfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any fish of the family Pleuronectid[ae]; esp., the winter
     flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the
     body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side,
     as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
     [1913 Webster] flat foot

flatfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flatfish
      n 1: sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied
           fish; usually served as thin fillets
      2: 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