FLATFISH

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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.


← FLATBOAT F — all words FLATHEAD →