flatfish
/flat-fish/US // ˈflætˌfɪʃ //UK // (ˈflætˌfɪʃ) //
扁鱼,鲽鱼,平鱼,扁平鱼
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural flat·fish, flat·fish·es.
- : any fish of the order Heterosomata, including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
Examples
Saint Petersburg is very ill supplied with salt-water fish; there are neither lobsters nor flatfish.
Wasnt any splash except when I threw that big flatfish overboard, said the skipper.
They breathed heavily through their noses and stared straight in front of them—impassive as flatfish.
And thinkin' no more of it than I would of—of scalin' a flatfish.
We knew we'd no business to be there and we felt as foolish as flatfish.
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