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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish of the family {Pleuronectid[ae]}; esp., the winter flounder ({Pleuronectes Americanus}). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side and have eyes on one side as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See {Flounder}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flatfish n 1: sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets 2: any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
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