Pleuronectoid

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

  Pleuronectoid \Pleu`ro*nec"toid\, a. [NL. Pleuronectes, name of
     a genus (fr. Gr. ? rib + ? a swimmer) + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Pertaining to the {Pleuronectid[ae]}, or Flounder family.
     [1913 Webster]