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单词 pleuronect
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Definition of pleuronect in English:

pleuronect

noun ˈplɔːrənɛktˈplʊərənɛkt
Zoology rare
  • Any 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 Linnaeus Systema Naturae I. 268) from pleuro- + Hellenistic Greek νήκτης swimmer.

 
 

Definition of pleuronect in US English:

pleuronect

noun
Zoology rare
  • Any 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 Linnaeus Systema Naturae I. 268) from pleuro- + Hellenistic Greek νήκτης swimmer.

 
 
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