flounder : Idioms & Phrases

• noun important American food fish in the winter
  lemon sole; blackback flounder; Pseudopleuronectes americanus.
  

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Craig" floun`der

Etymology

Scot. craig a rock. See 1st Crag.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The pole flounder.

Webster 1913

• noun flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
  gray flounder; Etropus rimosus.
  

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• noun flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
  gray flounder; Etropus rimosus.
  

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• noun flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
  lefteye flounder.
  

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• noun flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
  lefteye flounder.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large deep-water flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food fish; called also craig flounder, and pole fluke.

Webster 1913

• noun flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head
  righteye flounder.
  

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• noun flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head
  righteye flounder.
  

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• noun flounder of southern United States
  Paralichthys lethostigmus.
  

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• noun flounder of eastern coast of North America
  Paralichthys dentatus.
  

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Wa"ter floun"der

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). Local, U. S.

Webster 1913

• noun flesh of American flounder; important in the winter
  lemon sole.
  
• noun important American food fish in the winter
  lemon sole; blackback flounder; Pseudopleuronectes americanus.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See the Note under Flounder.

Webster 1913

• noun flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail
  
• noun American flounder having a yellowish tail
  Limanda ferruginea.
  

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