pleuronectoid
/ˌplʊərə(ʊ)ˈnɛktɔɪd/ /ˌplɔːrə(ʊ)ˈnɛktɔɪd/Zoology
noun
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes or the suborder Pleuronectoidei; a flatfish.
adjective
Resembling flatfishes of the genus Pleuronectes; of or relating to the order Pleuronectiformes or the suborder Pleuronectoidei.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Theodore Gill (1837–1914). From scientific Latin Pleuronectes + -oid. With use as noun compare slightly earlier pleuronect and pleuronectid; with use as adjective compare slightly later pleuronectid.