sole-fishn.
Now rare or Obsolete.
= sole n.2
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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)
buttc1300
sole1347
sole-fish1538
sea partridge1584
sea-capon1620
sole-fluke1684
yellowfin sole1949
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Squatina, a sole fyshe with a rough skynne.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Azedia A sole fish, Soleola.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. iv. 753 The tayle skaled almost of the forme of a Sole-fish.
1708 J. Wilson et al. tr. Petronius Satyrical Wks. 78 After which came in a Hare and a Sole-Fish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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