flounder
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈflaʊndər/
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platija
- Our count, by the way, had reached forty-four, with flounder slightly ahead of herring in number.
- arrowtooth flounder
- summer flounder
- winter flounder
And bring the product in, you know, scallops, shrimp, flounder, crabs, Blue Crabs.
- And bring the product in, you know, scallops, shrimp, flounder, crabs, Blue Crabs.
Examples
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And we would fish for flounder and fluke and stuff like that in Jersey.
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The usual catch was 8-10 bushels of fish, including alewives, bluefish, flounder, menhaden, mullet, shad, striped bass, and weakfish.
Academic text (1990) -
You bring me back some nice flounder so I can fix for this family.
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Would you prefer the flounder?
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We carried it and the bucket of flounder to the water for cleaning.
Fiction book (1999) -
For instance, in nearly all of the 1980s, summer flounder and winter flounder were abundant in the bay.
Academic text (1990) -
Next to her, dried salted flounder hung on a string that stretched from cabinet to window.
Fiction book (1998) -
There, my father and Steve Delosa are out on my father's Chris-Craft, fishing for flounder off Rainsford Island.
Fiction book (1994) -
The fish caught were alewives, bluefish, croakers, eels, flounder, mullet, and weakfish, besides horseshoe crabs.
Academic text (1990) -
For dinner, I am thinking of making a delicious baked flounder with lemon and herbs.
Synonyms
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1.0
Meat from a water animal that people cook and eat
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6.5
A flat fish with both eyes on the right side commonly eaten in Europe
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4.8
A fish with a flat body that lies on its side with both eyes on the upper side
A flat fish with both eyes on one side that lives in southern United States coastal waters
A flat fish that lives near southern United States coasts and changes color to match the sea floor
A flat fish from cold north Atlantic waters that people eat and often catch in winter
A flat fish from the east coast of North America that people eat
A flat fish with a yellow tail from the Atlantic that people eat
A flat fish from North American coasts eaten as food in winter
A fish with both eyes on the left side of its head
A flat fish with both eyes on the left side of its head
A flat sea fish with both eyes on the right side
A flat fish with both eyes on the right side of its head
Compounds
A flat fish that lives near southern United States coasts and changes color to match the sea floor
A flat fish from cold north Atlantic waters that people eat and often catch in winter
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flounder comes from old names for a flat sea fish, such as Dutch flonder, and it pictures a fish that lies 'flat' with both eyes 'on one side'.