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pleuronect Ichthyol.|ˈplʊərənɛkt|
[ad. mod.L. Pleuronectēs, f. Gr. πλευρά side + νήκτης swimmer.]
A fish of the genus Pleuronectes or family Pleuronectidæ; a flat-fish. So pleuroˈnectid, pleuroˈnectoid, n. a fish of the family Pleuronectidæ; a. belonging to this family.
[1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) II. iii. i. 299 The Pleuronectes or Flat-fish.] 1849–52Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 849/2 The eyes of the pleuronects are of different sizes. 1894Athenæum 12 May 617/3 The recessus orbitalis, an accessory visual organ of the pleuronectid fishes. |