Found 2 items, similar to flatfish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: flatfish flatfish n 1: sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets 2: 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 [also: flatfishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flatfish Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectid[ae]; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder. [1913 Webster]