Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flatfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any fish of the family {Pleuronectid[ae]}; esp., the winter
flounder ({Pleuronectes Americanus}). The flatfishes have the
body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side,
as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See {Flounder}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flatfish
n 1: sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied
fish; usually served as thin fillets
2: 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
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