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ORDER PLEURONECTIFORMES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
Synonyms:
Heterosomata; order Heterosomata; order Pleuronectiformes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Pleuronectiformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Pleuronectiformes"):
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)
Holonyms ("order Pleuronectiformes" is a member of...):
Acanthopterygii; superorder Acanthopterygii (teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays)
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