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Flatfish

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unseeded(sports) Not being a seed, not being in a seed position.

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floundernoun(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
dabnoun(transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
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righteye floundernounAny flounder of the family Pleuronectidae, except those in genus Platichthys.
pleuronectiformnoun(zoology) Any member of the order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes).
plaicenounSeveral similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
four-eyed fishnounA member of a genus Anableps of fish in the family Anablepidae having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above the water surface at the same time, inhabiting fresh and brackish waters of Mexico, Honduras, and northern South America.
plaisenounObsolete form of plaice (the fish). [Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:]
anglerfishnounAny fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.
moonfishnounAny of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
plectognathnounAny fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.
tilefishnounAny of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.
lungfishnounAn air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
polypteriformnounAny fish of the order Polypteriformes
bandfishnounAny of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
pleuronectidnoun(zoology, ichthyology) Any species of the family Pleuronectidae.
pipefishnounA small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.
flounderlingnounA small or young flounder
perciformnounSuch a fish.
billfishnounAny of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.

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