flatfish

flatfish

English

Etymology

flat +‎ fish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflætfɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ætfɪʃ

Noun

flatfish (countable and uncountable, plural flatfish or flatfishes)

1. 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 (zh), 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 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) 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