flatfish

Noun
  1. Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish;
    Usually served as thin fillets (synset 107806376)
    is a type of: saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
    subtypes:
    • 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
  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 (synset 102659998)
    is a type of: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
    subtypes:
    • 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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