'Flatfish' definitions:
Definition of 'flatfish'
From: WordNet
noun
Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
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
Definition of 'Flatfish'
From: GCIDE
- Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zool.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectid[ae]; 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. [1913 Webster] flat foot