单词 | flatfish |
释义 | flatfishn. A name for fish of the family Pleuronectidæ, which includes the sole, turbot, plaice, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of (flat-fish) flatfish1710 pleuronect1849 pleuronectid1859 dab-fish1876 sole1882 flatty1892 1710 London Gaz. No. 4742/3 All sorts of flat and fresh Fish. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 167 Several flat-fish live many hours out of the water. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 57 Turbot, soles, and other so-called flat fish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1710 |
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