"order pleuronectiformes" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: animal order - the order of animals
member holonym:
- flatfish - 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
- family pleuronectidae, pleuronectidae - righteye flounders
- bothidae, family bothidae - a family of fish of the order Heterosomata
- cynoglossidae, family cynoglossidae - tonguefishes
- family soleidae, soleidae - soles
belongs to: acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays

same as: heterosomata, order heterosomata