HyperDic: tongue-fish

English > 1 sense of the word tongue-fish:
NOUNanimaltongue-fish, tonguefishleft-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point
English > tongue-fish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningleft-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value.
Synonymtonguefish
Member ofCynoglossidae, family Cynoglossidaetonguefishes
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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