单词 | pleuronect |
释义 | pleuronect/ˈplʊərənɛkt/ /ˈplɔːrənɛkt/Zoology. Now rare noun 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. OriginMid 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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