FLATFISH


Meaning of FLATFISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflat-ˌfish ]

noun

Date: 1710

: any of an order (Heterosomata) of marine typically bottom-dwelling bony fishes (as the halibuts, flounders, turbots, and soles) that as adults swim on one side of the laterally compressed body and have both eyes on the upper side

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.