Flatfish — definition

1. flatfish (Noun)

flatfish (Noun) — Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets.

flatfish (Noun) — 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.

acanthopterygian saltwater fish spiny-finned fish fillet of sole flounder halibut holibut lefteye flounder lefteyed flounder righteye flounder righteyed flounder sole tongue-fish tonguefish Heterosomata order Heterosomata order Pleuronectiformes