pleuronectn.

Brit.

/ˈplʊərənɛkt/,

/ˈplɔːrənɛkt/, U.S.

/ˈplʊrəˌnɛk(t)/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pleuronectes.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pleuronectes, genus name (valid publication Linnaeus Systema Naturae (1758) I. 268) < pleuro- pleuro- comb. form + Hellenistic Greek νήκτης swimmer (see Nectria n.). Compare French pleuronecte, pleuronectes (1798).Compare earlier unassimilated borrowing of scientific Latin Pleuronectes:1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 226 The Pleuronectes, with..the lateral line rough, and spinules at the fins.1810 Goldsmith's Hist. Earth (new ed.) III. iii. i. 402 The Pleuronectes or Flat-fish.

Zoology. Now rare.

Any of numerous fishes constituting the teleostean order Pleuronectiformes, having flat bodies with both eyes on one side, swimming with the eyeless side down, and including sole, plaice, turbot, etc.; a flatfish.

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

1849 S. R. Pittard in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 849/2 The eyes of the pleuronects are of different sizes.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 308 Flounder, a well-known pleuronect, better to fish for than to eat.

1873 Amer. Cycl. II. 80/2 The gadoids or cod family, the pleuronects (halibut, turbot, &c.), the herrings and mackerels are nowhere else in such abundance and excellence.

1991 Acta Œcologica 12 617 The population dynamics of..2 congeneric parasites of pleuronect fish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pleuronect
释义	pleuronectn. Brit. /ˈplʊərənɛkt/, /ˈplɔːrənɛkt/, U.S. /ˈplʊrəˌnɛk(t)/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pleuronectes. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pleuronectes, genus name (valid publication Linnaeus Systema Naturae (1758) I. 268) < pleuro- pleuro- comb. form + Hellenistic Greek νήκτης swimmer (see Nectria n.). Compare French pleuronecte, pleuronectes (1798).Compare earlier unassimilated borrowing of scientific Latin Pleuronectes:1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 226 The Pleuronectes, with..the lateral line rough, and spinules at the fins.1810 Goldsmith's Hist. Earth (new ed.) III. iii. i. 402 The Pleuronectes or Flat-fish. Zoology. Now rare. Any of numerous fishes constituting the teleostean order Pleuronectiformes, having flat bodies with both eyes on one side, swimming with the eyeless side down, and including sole, plaice, turbot, etc.; a flatfish. 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 1849 S. R. Pittard in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 849/2 The eyes of the pleuronects are of different sizes. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 308 Flounder, a well-known pleuronect, better to fish for than to eat. 1873 Amer. Cycl. II. 80/2 The gadoids or cod family, the pleuronects (halibut, turbot, &c.), the herrings and mackerels are nowhere else in such abundance and excellence. 1991 Acta Œcologica 12 617 The population dynamics of..2 congeneric parasites of pleuronect fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1849
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