pleuronectes americanus

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pleuronectes americanus - 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