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Definition of Flatfish

1. Noun. Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets.

2. Noun. 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.

Definition of Flatfish

1. n. Any fish of the family Pleuronectidæ; 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.

Definition of Flatfish

1. Noun. A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flatfish

1. any of an order of marine fishes [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Flatfish

1. Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; especially, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatfish

flatbottom flatbottomed flatbow flatbows flatbread flatbreads flatbrod flatcap flatcaps flatcar

flatcars flatchested flate flatfeet flatfield flatfish (current term) flatfishes flatfoot flatfooted flatfootedly

flatfootedness flatfooting flatfoots flathe flathead flathead catfish flatheads flathon flating flatiron

Literary usage of Flatfish

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

1. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt (1912)
"In the adaptation of the flatfish to its background, we have the most ... The behavior of the flatfish is so remarkable that I shall describe it at length. ..."

2. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt, Walter Taylor Marvin, William Pepperell Montague, Ralph Barton Perry, Walter B. Pitkin, Edward Gleason Spaulding (1912)
"In the adaptation of the flatfish to its background, we have the most ... The behavior of the flatfish is so remarkable that I shall describe it at length. ..."

3. A Manual of Fish-culture: Based on the Methods of the United States by United States Bureau of Fisheries, John J. Brice, Henry Frank Moore, Frederick M. Chamberlain (1897)
"... THE flatfish, OR WINTER FLOUNDER. The body of the flatfish ... this is the most important flatfish of the Atlantic coast. ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"One e safest houses for an earthquake country would probably be a storied, strongly framed timber house, with a light, flatfish roof, Fio- 7. ..."

5. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... variations occurring when required—The beginnings of important organs—The mammary glands—The eyes of flatfish—Origin of the eye—Useless or non-adaptive ..."

6. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... the tips triangular-lanceolate. íes flatfish, the truncate and minutely penicillate tips terminated by a very it au'l . Akènes terete, short, obscurely ..."

7. Darwinism and Politics: With Two Additional Essays on Human Evolution by David George Ritchie (1901)
"... variations occurring when required—The beginnings of important organs—The mammary glands—The eyes of flatfish—Origin of the eye—Useless or non-adaptive ..."

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