pleuronectoidn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərə(ʊ)ˈnɛktɔɪd/,

/ˌplɔːrə(ʊ)ˈnɛktɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈnɛkˌtɔɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pleuronectes , -oid suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pleuronectes (see pleuronect n.) + -oid suffix. With use as noun compare slightly earlier pleuronect n. and pleuronectid n.; with use as adjective compare slightly later pleuronectid adj.

Zoology.

A. n.

A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes or the suborder Pleuronectoidei; a flatfish.

ΚΠ

1861 T. Gill Catal. Fishes Eastern Coast N. Amer. 7 The group..corresponds nearly to..the Acanthopteri, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini of Müller, the Pleuronectoids being omitted.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 1 When referring to the pleuronectoids the terms right (dextral) or left (sinistral) are employed with reference to the position of the upper or coloured side.

2003 Jrnl. Northwest Atlantic Fishery Sci. (Electronic ed.) 33 23 Associated reproductive traits observed among North Atlantic fishes (e.g. gadoids, pleuronectoids).

B. adj.

Resembling flatfishes of the genus Pleuronectes; of or relating to the order Pleuronectiformes or the suborder Pleuronectoidei.

ΚΠ

1883 Science 13 Apr. 289/1 (heading) A pleuronectoid hybrid.

1923 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 211 89 Pleuronectoid type: large elongated dextral forms, without air-bladder in early stages.

1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. ii. v. 134 It became dissymmetrical, like..the Pleuronectoid Fishes.

2001 Ichthyol. Res. 48 391 The monophyly of Citharidae, the pleuronectoid family thought to be a transitional group between the Psettodoidei and other typical pleuronectoids, has been in question.

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

单词	pleuronectoid
释义	pleuronectoidn.adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərə(ʊ)ˈnɛktɔɪd/, /ˌplɔːrə(ʊ)ˈnɛktɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈnɛkˌtɔɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pleuronectes , -oid suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pleuronectes (see pleuronect n.) + -oid suffix. With use as noun compare slightly earlier pleuronect n. and pleuronectid n.; with use as adjective compare slightly later pleuronectid adj. Zoology. A. n. A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes or the suborder Pleuronectoidei; a flatfish. ΚΠ 1861 T. Gill Catal. Fishes Eastern Coast N. Amer. 7 The group..corresponds nearly to..the Acanthopteri, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini of Müller, the Pleuronectoids being omitted. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 1 When referring to the pleuronectoids the terms right (dextral) or left (sinistral) are employed with reference to the position of the upper or coloured side. 2003 Jrnl. Northwest Atlantic Fishery Sci. (Electronic ed.) 33 23 Associated reproductive traits observed among North Atlantic fishes (e.g. gadoids, pleuronectoids). B. adj. Resembling flatfishes of the genus Pleuronectes; of or relating to the order Pleuronectiformes or the suborder Pleuronectoidei. ΚΠ 1883 Science 13 Apr. 289/1 (heading) A pleuronectoid hybrid. 1923 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 211 89 Pleuronectoid type: large elongated dextral forms, without air-bladder in early stages. 1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. ii. v. 134 It became dissymmetrical, like..the Pleuronectoid Fishes. 2001 Ichthyol. Res. 48 391 The monophyly of Citharidae, the pleuronectoid family thought to be a transitional group between the Psettodoidei and other typical pleuronectoids, has been in question. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1861
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