flatfish
pronunciation
How to pronounce flatfish in British English:
UK [ˈflætfɪʃ]
How to pronounce flatfish in American English:
US [ˈflætˌfɪʃ]
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- Noun:
- sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
- any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
Word Origin
- flatfish (n.)
- also flat-fish, 1710, from flat (adj.) + fish (n.). So called from the shape.
Example
- 1. The evolution of flatfish falls squarely within the evolutionary synthesis .
- 2. 4 / 11 The mimic octopus can change its colour and shape to look like several different species , including flatfish and sea snakes
- 3. Sea life print ocean food fish plaice flatfish fishing .
- 4. Marine food fish of north atlantic or north pacific ; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes .
- 5. Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point ; of little commercial value .