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单词 flatfish
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Definition of flatfish in English:

flatfish

nounPlural flatfishesˈflatfɪʃˈflætˌfɪʃ
  • A flattened marine fish that swims on its side with both eyes on the upper side. They live typically on the seabed and are coloured to resemble it.

    Order Pleuronectiformes: several families, in particular Bothidae (left-eye flounders), Pleuronectidae (right-eye flounders), and Soleidae (soles)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fish - mainly haddock, cod, whiting and flatfish - are usually dead by the time they are returned to the water.
    • The plaice is one of the smaller flatfish found around the British coast.
    • The California halibut is a flatfish with an oblong, compressed body and a large, powerful, broad tail.
    • Like most flatfish, brill move inshore in the spring to spawn in shallow water.
    • Today we can read the course of this evolution in the development of a flatfish.

Rhymes

catfish
 
 

Definition of flatfish in US English:

flatfish

nounˈflatˌfiSHˈflætˌfɪʃ
  • A flattened marine fish that swims on its side with both eyes on the upper side. They live typically on the seabed and are colored to resemble it.

    Order Pleuronectiformes: several families, in particular Bothidae (left-eye flounders), Pleuronectidae (right-eye flounders), and Soleidae (soles)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The California halibut is a flatfish with an oblong, compressed body and a large, powerful, broad tail.
    • The plaice is one of the smaller flatfish found around the British coast.
    • Like most flatfish, brill move inshore in the spring to spawn in shallow water.
    • The fish - mainly haddock, cod, whiting and flatfish - are usually dead by the time they are returned to the water.
    • Today we can read the course of this evolution in the development of a flatfish.
 
 
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