| NOUN | animal | tonguefish, tongue-fish | left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point |
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| Meaning | left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value. | |
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| Synonym | tongue-fish | |
| Member of | Cynoglossidae, family Cynoglossidae | tonguefishes |
| 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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