Associations to the word «Flatfish»

Wiktionary

FLATFISH, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

FLATFISH, noun. Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets.
FLATFISH, noun. 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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope