English > righteye flounder: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head. |
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| Synonym | righteyed flounder |
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| Member of | Pleuronectidae, family Pleuronectidae | righteye flounders |
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| Narrower | American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides | large American food fish |
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| Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus | largest United States flatfish |
| European flatfish, Platichthys flesus | Important food fish of Europe |
| Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepsis | A righteye flounder found in the Pacific |
| lemon sole, Microstomus kitt | European flatfish highly valued as food |
| plaice, Pleuronectes platessa | large European food fish |
| winter flounder, blackback flounder, lemon sole, Pseudopleuronectes americanus | Important American food fish in the winter |
| yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea | American flounder having a yellowish tail |
| Broader | flatfish | 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 |
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