Flatfish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster] flat foot



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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
       [also: {flatfishes} (pl)]