Definition of Hippoglossoides platessoides

1. Noun. Large American food fish.

Exact synonyms: American Plaice
Generic synonyms: Righteye Flounder, Righteyed Flounder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippoglossoides Platessoides

Hippo Regius
Hippobosca equina
Hippoboscidae
Hippocastanaceae
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos
Hippocratic
Hippocratic oath
Hippocratic oaths
Hippocratism
Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Hippodamia
Hippodamia convergens
Hippoglossoides
Hippoglossoides platessoides (current term)
Hippoglossus
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Hippoglossus stenolepsis
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hipposideridae
Hipposideros
Hippotragus
Hippotragus niger
Hipsurus
Hipsurus caryi
Hira
Hirado

Literary usage of Hippoglossoides platessoides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"As to the figure, it cannot assist identification, being a worthless caricature, and, like that of the Hippoglossoides platessoides, representing a small ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Large numbers are dried by the Chinese for export to China. A similar species, Hippoglossoides platessoides, known as the ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"In the flounder, Hippoglossoides platessoides, the northern examples have most vertebra, while in the herring—Clupea harengus, the numbers of vertebrae ..."

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