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noun
rare ZoologyAny of numerous fishes constituting the teleostean order Pleuronectiformes, having flat bodies with both eyes on one side, swimming with the eyeless side down, and including sole, plaice, turbot, etc.; a flatfish.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From scientific Latin Pleuronectes, genus name (valid publication LinnaeusSystema Naturae I. 268) from pleuro- + Hellenistic Greek νήκτης swimmer.
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