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Meaning of "flatfish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLATFISH

flatfish  [ˈflætˌfɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLATFISH

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determiner
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Flatfish is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLATFISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flatfish

Flatfish

A flatfish is a member of the order Pleuronectiformes of ray-finned demersal fishes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through and around the head during development. Some species face their left sides upward, some face their right sides upward, and others face either side upward. Many important food fish are in this order, including the flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut. Some flatfish can camouflage themselves on the ocean floor.

Definition of flatfish in the English dictionary

The definition of flatfish in the dictionary is any marine spiny-finned fish of the order Heterosomata, including the halibut, plaice, turbot, and sole, all of which swim along the sea floor on one side of the body, which is highly compressed and has both eyes on the uppermost side.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLATFISH


baitfish
ˈbeɪtˌfɪʃ
batfish
ˈbætˌfɪʃ
blowfish
ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ
catfish
ˈkætˌfɪʃ
crawfish
ˈkrɔːˌfɪʃ
dealfish
ˈdiːlˌfɪʃ
frostfish
ˈfrɒstˌfɪʃ
goatfish
ˈɡəʊtˌfɪʃ
goldfish
ˈɡəʊldˌfɪʃ
jellyfish
ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ
parrotfish
ˈpærətˌfɪʃ
rabbitfish
ˈræbɪtˌfɪʃ
ratfish
ˈrætˌfɪʃ
sailfish
ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ
sheatfish
ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ
shellfish
ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ
starfish
ˈstɑːˌfɪʃ
sweetfish
ˈswiːtˌfɪʃ
swordfish
ˈsɔːdˌfɪʃ
whitefish
ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLATFISH

flat-share
flat-track bully
flat-woven
flatback
flatbed
flatbed truck
flatboat
flatbread
flatette
flatfeet
flatfoot
flatform
flathead
flatiron
flatland
flatlander
flatlet
flatline
flatliner
flatling

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLATFISH

big fish
drink like a fish
elfish
finfish
fish
flowerhorn fish
flying fish
kettle of fish
needlefish
oafish
outfish
river fish
saltfish
selfish
stockfish
sunfish
triggerfish
unselfish
wolfish
zebrafish

Synonyms and antonyms of flatfish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flatfish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLATFISH

Find out the translation of flatfish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flatfish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flatfish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

比目鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peces planos
570 millions of speakers

English

flatfish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चपटा मछली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المفلطحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

камбала
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peixes chatos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poissons plats
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flatfish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plattfische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒラメ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

넙치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flatfish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá bẹt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flatfish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॅटफिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yassı balık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pesce piatto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płastugi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

камбала
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pește plat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλατύψαρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

platvis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plattfisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flatfisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flatfish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATFISH»

The term «flatfish» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATFISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flatfish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLATFISH»

Discover the use of flatfish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flatfish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement
The book will be especially useful for aquaculture professionals, industry personnel, researchers, biologists, and aquaculture and fisheries management students.
Harry V. Daniels, Wade O. Watanabe, 2011
2
Culture, Feeding and Diseases of Commercial Flatfish Species
To date the culture of flatfish is still the subject of intensive investigations in many countries, e.g. Great Britain, West Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, and the Netherlands. The present culture techniques allow successful reproduction and ...
E. W. Liewes, 1984
3
Proceedings of the International Symposium on North Pacific ...
In October 1994, 65 researchers gathered in Anchorage for the International Symposium on North Pacific Flatfish.
Alaska Sea Grant College Program, 1995
4
Altered endocrine physiology of marine flatfish associated ...
They also exhibited reductions in plasma levels of the growth-promoting peptide, insulin-like growth factor-I. In addition, in locations receiving the largest volumes of WWTP effluents, hornyhead turbot of both sexes exhibited elevated ...
Jesus Amador Reyes, California State University, Long Beach, 2006
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58 Degrees North: The Mysterious Sinking of the Arctic Rose
David Olney was not disappointed. More than five hundred species of flatfish from several families are found all over the world, including the tropics. Sole and flounder are types of flatfish, as is halibut. All flatfish are designed by nature for life ...
Hugo Kugiya, 2008
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The Fishmonger's Apprentice: The Expert's Guide to ...
FILLETS. Here we fillet a flatfish in two fillets using a smaller fluke, a left-eyed fish in the flounder family that weighs up to 8 pounds (3.6 kg). Flounder, found mostly in northern waters, are the most important family of flatfish. Their Latin name ...
Aliza Green, 2011
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
1 Base R =0.00245. •Base R =0.70456. 'Base R = 12.29843. (iv) When, during the fishing year, the trawl vessels of a foreign nation conducting directed fishing for yellow- fin sole and other flatfish in the combined Zones 1 and 2 (areas A and C ...
Department of Commerce (DoC) Staff, 1987
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The Evidence for Evolution
Figure 3.6: Eocene flatfish Amphistium. We see the upper surface of the individual in front and the lower surface of the one be- hind. Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (Matt Friedman. The evolutionary origin of ...
Alan R. Rogers, 2011
9
Early Life History and Recruitment in Fish Populations
Summers (1979) and Raffaelli et al. (1990) identified cormorants as an important predator on flatfish in the Ythan Estuary, Scotland. In the Wadden Sea, total numbers amounted to about 1000 to 3000 individuals in the late 1970s (Zegers and ...
R.C. Chambers, Edward A. Trippel, 1997
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Flatfish
Many important food fish are in this order, including the flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut. There are more than 400 species of this order. Some flatfish can camouflage themselves on the ocean floor.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLATFISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flatfish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sunshine, slow fishing greet first-day Alaska dipnetters on the Kenai …
... electing to keep them (each permit holder is allowed 10 of them) and the other half skipping the flatfish back into the wide, muddy river mouth. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
2
Think like an Ambush Predator: Summer Flounder Make Good …
They're a flatfish that typically lie camouflaged on sandy bottoms. An ambush predator, fluke will stay put in a spot with good current, waiting for ... «WCAI, Jul 15»
3
OUTDOORS: Salmon fishing opens in part of Hood Canal for first …
“These flatfish are almost exclusively caught on bait,” Norden said. Remember, the regulations stipulate no bait is allowed for pink fishing. «Peninsula Daily, Jul 15»
4
Big pike on McKenzie Bay
For those who have never seen the lure, it is sort of a cross between a Lazy Ike and a Helin Flatfish, made of metal and without the dreadful ... «Jamestown Sun, Jul 15»
5
Every halibut counts: Tips for catch-and-release fishing
... charter boat anglers in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska have landed 2.3 million to 3.8 million pounds per year of the tasty flatfish, which is ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
6
It's not just the out-of-towners who can't read or follow sport fishing …
Some are even edible such as walleye pollock, Pacific cod, certain flatfish, lost salmon and disoriented Dolly Varden. Fresh Water Fisheries: ... «Homer News, Jul 15»
7
A supposedly sustainable fishery is harming Native Alaskans
Trawlers—which can be as large as a football field—that catch pollock and flatfish such as sole and flounder also accidentally catch and kill a ... «InvestigateWest, Jul 15»
8
Ling cod a bonus during Halibut Derby season
Currently Scott Widdison of Meridian, Idaho is leading the derby with a 194.2 pound flatfish he caught June 22 from aboard the "Jaime Lynn. «Valdez Star, Jul 15»
9
Lake Chelan lake trout fishing just as hot as the summer weather
The T4 Purple Glow Flatfish seems to be the “go to” lure for bigger fish on the Bar. Roses Lake continues to kick out Channel Catfish. Our Pepe' ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
10
Fourth of July weekend promises fishing fireworks
According to Fish and Game, the flatfish have begun to move into shallower waters to feed, meaning fishing should continue to improve. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»

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