flatfish

flatfish is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; 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. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; 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.
2. 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
3. noun. sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets

Common word forms

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