HyperDic: lefteye_flounder

English > 1 sense of the expression lefteye flounder:
NOUNanimallefteye flounder, lefteyed flounderflatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
English > lefteye flounder: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningflatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head.
Synonymlefteyed flounder
Member ofBothidae, family BothidaeA family of fish of the order Heterosomata
Narrowerbrill, Scophthalmus rhombusEuropean food fish
grey flounder, gray flounder, Etropus rimosusFlounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
sand dabsmall food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigmusflounder of southern United States
summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatusflounder of eastern coast of North America
turbot, Psetta maximaA large brownish European flatfish
whiffA lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
windowpane, Scophthalmus aquosusVery thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
BroaderflatfishAny 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

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