flatfish
noun
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Sense 1 noun
sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
Types & categories
- saltwater fish hypernym
- flounder hyponym
- fillet of sole hyponym
- halibut hyponym
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- spiny-finned fish hypernym
- flounder hyponym
- righteye flounder hyponym
- holibut hyponym
- lefteye flounder hyponym
- tonguefish hyponym
- sole hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Heterosomata member holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | saltwater fish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flounder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fillet of sole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | halibut |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Heterosomata |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spiny-finned fish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flounder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | righteye flounder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | holibut |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lefteye flounder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tonguefish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sole |