HyperDic: order_pleuronectiformes

English > 1 sense of the expression order Pleuronectiformes:
NOUNanimalorder Pleuronectiformes, Heterosomata, order Heterosomataflatfishes
English > order Pleuronectiformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningflatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes.
SynonymsHeterosomata, order Heterosomata
Member ofAcanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygiiteleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
MembersBothidae, family BothidaeA family of fish of the order Heterosomata
Cynoglossidae, family Cynoglossidaetonguefishes
Pleuronectidae, family Pleuronectidaerighteye flounders
Soleidae, family Soleidaesoles
flatfishAny 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
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
SpanishHeterosomata, orden heterosomata, orden pleuronectiformes, pleuronectiformes
Catalanpleuronectiformes

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