BOTHIDAE

Meaning of BOTHIDAE in English

ˈbäthəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bothus, type genus + -idae

: a widely distributed family of flatfishes (order Heterosomata) having large scales and the eyes on the left side of the body

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SUMMER FLOUNDER — noun Date: 1859 a greenish-brown white-spotted flounder ( Paralichthys dentatus of the family Bothidae) that occurs along the Atlantic coast …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SAND DAB — noun Date: 1789 any of several Pacific flounders (genus Citharichthys of the family Bothidae)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BRILL — noun (plural ~) Etymology: Middle English brell Date: 15th century a European flatfish ( Scophthalmus rhombus syn. Bothus rhombus of …
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TURBOT
Английский словарь Британика
HALIBUT — Any of various flatfishes , especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes …
Английский словарь Британика
MEGRIM — I. ˈmēgrə̇m, ˈmāg- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English migrene, migrein, migreime, from Middle French migraine — more at …
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FLOUNDER — I. ˈflau̇ndə(r) noun ( plural flounder or flounders ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English flundre, flounder, of Scandinavian …
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TURBOT — ˈtərbət noun ( plural turbot also turbots ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French turbut, tourbot 1. a. : a …
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SAND DAB — noun : any of several flatfishes: as a. : rusty dab b. : a fish of the genus Citharichthys (family …
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PARALICHTHYS — ˌparəˈlikthə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek paralia + ichthys fish — more at ichthus : a widespread …
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BRILL — ˈbril noun ( plural brill or brills ) Etymology: perhaps from Cornish brȳel, brȳthel mackerel — more at brit 1. …
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LEFT-EYED FLOUNDER — /left"uyd'/ any of several flat-fishes of the family Bothidae, having both eyes on the left side of the head. Also, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLOUNDER — I. ˈflau̇n-dər noun ( plural flounder or flounders ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flundra flounder …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUMMER FLOUNDER — Date: 1859 : a greenish-brown white-spotted flounder ( Paralichthys dentatus of the family Bothidae) that occurs along the Atlantic coast …
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SAND DAB — Date: 1789 : any of several Pacific flounders (genus Citharichthys of the family Bothidae) ; especially : a common food …
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BRILL — noun ( plural brill ) Etymology: Middle English brell Date: 15th century : a European flatfish ( Scophthalmus rhombus syn. …
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SOLE — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 the underside of a person's foot. ↘the section forming the underside of a piece of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SAND DAB — [sand dab] n (1946): any of several Pacific flounders (genus Citharichthys of the family Bothidae); esp: a common food fish …
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FLOUNDER — [floun.der] n, pl flounder or flounders [ME, fr. AF floundre, of Scand origin; akin to ON flythra flounder] (15c): flatfish; …
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BRILL — [brill] n, pl brill [ME brell] (15c): a European flatfish (Scophthalmus rhombus syn. Bothus rhombus of the family Bothidae); broadly: …
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TURBOT
Britannica English vocabulary
SANDDAB — any of certain edible, American Pacific flatfishes of the genus Citharichthys (family Bothidae). As in other flatfishes, sanddabs have both …
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PLEURONECTIFORM — also called flatfish, any member of the order Pleuronectiformes, which includes about 600 species of bony, oval-shaped, flattened fishes such …
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HALIBUT — any of various flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes), especially the large and valuable Atlantic and Pacific halibuts of the genus Hippoglossus. Both, …
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FLOUNDER — any of numerous species of flatfishes belonging to the families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae (order Pleuronectiformes). The flounder is morphogenetically unusual. …
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FLATFISH — order name Pleuronectiformes, any of about 600 species of bony, oval-shaped, flattened fishes, such as the flounder, halibut, and turbot. …
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TURBOT
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HALIBUT — n. Any of various flatfishes , especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEFT-EYED FLOUNDERS — 1) ромбовые (Bothidae) 2) скофтальмовые, калкановые (Scophthalmidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LEFT-EYED FLOUNDERS — 1) ромбовые ( Bothidae ) 2) скофтальмовые, калкановые ( Scophthalmidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
РОМБОВЫЕ — (Bothidae) left-eyed flounders
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

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