flatfish

[ flat-fish ]

/ ˈflætˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) flat·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) flat·fish·es.

any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.

Origin of flatfish

First recorded in 1700–10; flat¹ + fish

Words nearby flatfish

flat-earther, flat electroencephalogram, flatette, flat-felled seam, flat-file, flatfish, flat flap, flatfoot, flatfooted, flat-grained, flathead

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Example sentences from the Web for flatfish

We knew we'd no business to be there and we felt as foolish as flatfish.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908|Lucy Maud Montgomery
They breathed heavily through their noses and stared straight in front of them—impassive as flatfish.
From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling
There I was, caught in a trap, and made a prisoner by a flatfish.
Peter Simple|Frederick Marryat
And thinkin' no more of it than I would of—of scalin' a flatfish.
Galusha the Magnificent|Joseph C. Lincoln

Saint Petersburg is very ill supplied with salt-water fish; there are neither lobsters nor flatfish.
Fred Markham in Russia|W. H. G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for flatfish

flatfish

/ (ˈflætˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

any marine spiny-finned fish of the order Heterosomata, including the halibut, plaice, turbot, and sole, all of which (when adult) swim along the sea floor on one side of the body, which is highly compressed and has both eyes on the uppermost side

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单词	flatfish
释义	flatfish [ flat-fish ] / ˈflætˌfɪʃ / noun, plural (especially collectively) flat·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) flat·fish·es. any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult. Origin of flatfish First recorded in 1700–10; flat¹ + fish Words nearby flatfish flat-earther, flat electroencephalogram, flatette, flat-felled seam, flat-file, flatfish, flat flap, flatfoot, flatfooted, flat-grained, flathead Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flatfish We knew we'd no business to be there and we felt as foolish as flatfish. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908\|Lucy Maud Montgomery They breathed heavily through their noses and stared straight in front of them—impassive as flatfish. From Sea to Sea\|Rudyard Kipling There I was, caught in a trap, and made a prisoner by a flatfish. Peter Simple\|Frederick Marryat And thinkin' no more of it than I would of—of scalin' a flatfish. Galusha the Magnificent\|Joseph C. Lincoln Saint Petersburg is very ill supplied with salt-water fish; there are neither lobsters nor flatfish. Fred Markham in Russia\|W. H. G. Kingston British Dictionary definitions for flatfish flatfish / (ˈflætˌfɪʃ) / noun plural -fish or -fishes any marine spiny-finned fish of the order Heterosomata, including the halibut, plaice, turbot, and sole, all of which (when adult) swim along the sea floor on one side of the body, which is highly compressed and has both eyes on the uppermost side Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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