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English noun: flatfish

1. flatfish (food) sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets


Broader (hypernym)saltwater fish


Narrower (hyponym)fillet of sole, flounder, halibut, sole

2. flatfish (animal) 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


Broader (hypernym)acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish


Narrower (hyponym)flounder, halibut, holibut, lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder, righteye flounder, righteyed flounder, sole, tongue-fish, tonguefish


Member meronymHeterosomata, order Heterosomata, order Pleuronectiformes









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