FLATFISH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: flatfishes

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("flatfish" is a kind of...):

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flatfish"):

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)

Holonyms ("flatfish" is a member of...):

Heterosomata; order Heterosomata; order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes)

Meaning:

Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("flatfish" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flatfish"):

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)