flatfish

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flatfish

Etymology

From flat +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflætfɪʃ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ætfɪʃ

Noun

flatfish (countable and uncountable, plural flatfish or flatfishes)

A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.

Synonyms

pleuronectiform

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:flatfish

Translations

fish of the order Pleuronectiformes

Arabic: سمكَة مفلطحَة
Basque: platuxa
Belarusian: ка́мбала f (kámbala)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 比目魚／比目鱼 (zh) (bǐmùyú)
Czech: platýs (cs) m, kambala f
Danish: fladfisk (da) c
Dutch: platvis (nl) m
Estonian: lestaline (kala)
Finnish: kampela (fi), kampelakala (fi)
French: poisson plat (fr) m
German: Plattfisch (de) m
Greek: πλατύψαρο n (platýpsaro)
Ancient: κίθαρος m (kítharos), ψῆττα f (psêtta)
Hungarian: lepényhal (hu)
Irish: leadhbóg f, leathóg f, iasc leathógach m, leith f
Italian: rombo (it) m
Japanese: 鰈 (ja) (karei), カレイ (ja) (karei)
Kazakh: камбала (kambala)
Korean: 가자미 (ko) (gajami)
Latvian: plekste (lv) f
Lithuanian: plekšnė (lt)
Maori: pātiki
Navajo: łóóʼtʼą́hí
Nootka: p̕uuḥu
Norwegian: flatfisk m, flyndrefisk m
Polish: płastuga f
Portuguese: linguado (pt) m, solha (pt) f
Russian: пло́ская ры́ба f (plóskaja rýba)
Scottish Gaelic: pacach-cearr m
Serbo-Croatian: plosnatica f
Spanish: pez plano m
Swedish: plattfisk (sv)
Tagalog: isdang-lapad, darapa
Ukrainian: ка́мбала (uk) f (kámbala)
Vietnamese: cá bơn, cá thờn bơn, cá lờn bơn, thờn bơn (vi), lờn bơn
Welsh: lleden (cy) f

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