TONGUEFISH

Meaning of TONGUEFISH in English

/tung"fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) tonguefish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) tonguefishes .

any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.

[ 1645-55; TONGUE + FISH ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TONGUEFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a small flatfish of the family Cynoglossidae
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUEFISH — (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
Английский словарь Webster
TONGUEFISH — ( n. ) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUEFISH — noun a flounder (symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the united states.
Webster English vocab
TONGUEFISH — also called Tongue Sole, any of the small marine flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, found in the tropics, especially in …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE SOLE — noun : tonguefish
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE SOLE — tonguefish.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLATFISH — order name Pleuronectiformes, any of about 600 species of bony, oval-shaped, flattened fishes, such as the flounder, halibut, and turbot. …
Britannica English vocabulary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
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