English to English
noun
- sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- Any fish of the family Pleuronectidæ; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
source: Webster 1913
