flatfishes in English
noun
1
a flattened marine fish that swims on its side with both eyes on the upper side. They live typically on the seabed and are colored to resemble it.
The California halibut is a flatfish with an oblong, compressed body and a large, powerful, broad tail.
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1. Any of various flatfishes, such as Hippoglossoides platessoides of North American Atlantic waters, related to the plaice.