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Definition of Flatfishes
1. flatfish [n] - See also: flatfish
Medical Definition of Flatfishes
1. Common name for the order pleuronectiformes. A very distinctive group in that during development they become asymmetrical, i.e., one eye migrates to lie adjacent to the other. They swim on the eyeless side. Flounder, sole, and turbot, along with several others, are included in this order. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatfishes
Literary usage of Flatfishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"It is also shown how the various subfamilies of the flatfishes are restricted to
fairly well-marked zones of distribution. In conclusion, I wish to offer my ..."
2. The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1904)
"The Effect of Light on the Colors of flatfishes. It is well known that the side
of the body which is uppermost in the normal position in the flatfishes ..."
3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... HE flatfishes.—Perhaps the most remarkable offshoot from the order of spiny-rayed
fishes is the great group of flounders and soles, called by Bonaparte ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"It is thus seen to be a widely distributed abnormality, and will probably be
found in still other species, in fact in most, if not all, flatfishes with a ..."
5. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"It is one of the most delicious of flatfishes, and deserves to be bet ter known.
... California has mauy species of flatfishes in its markets, ..."
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