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单词 left-eyed flounder
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left-eyed flounder
left-eyed flounder n. (a) a flatfish of the typically right-eyed family Pleuronectidae that has its eyes on the left side of the body; (b) any of the flatfishes of the families Bothidae and Paralichthyidae, in which the eyes are typically on the left side of the body.
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1898 [see sense 3].
1946 Sci. News-Let. 12 Jan. 23/3 (heading) Only three ‘left-eyed’ flounders on record.
1956 H. Wells & P. H. Wells Gen. Biol. xiii. 216/1 As a matter of fact, there are ‘right-eyed’ flounders..and ‘left-eyed’ flounders [Pacific sand dab.., bigmouth sole].
2001 S. T. Ross Inland Fishes Mississippi vi. 526/2 The southern flounder is the only left-eyed flounder with a large, terminal mouth that commonly enters fresh water.
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