the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Soleidae (soles) > member of genus Solea > solea solea (sole) > of particular size (3)
the sole: cf. 12; in southern U.S., Aphoristia (Symphurus) plagiusa, a small sole-like fish.
(= tongue-fish n. at compounds 2.) A young or small-sized sole.
A sole of intermediate size.