flatfish
Noun
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is a type of: saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as foodsubtypes:
- flounder - flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- fillet of sole, sole - lean flesh of any of several flatfish
- halibut - lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
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is a type of: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rayssubtypes:
- flounder - any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
- righteye flounder, righteyed flounder - flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head
- halibut, holibut - marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
- lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder - flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
- tongue-fish, tonguefish - left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
- sole - right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
belongs to: heterosomata, order heterosomata, order pleuronectiformes - flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
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