gray flounder
- noun
- /ɡreɪ ˈflaʊndər/
- US
:
platija gris
- The gray flounder is commonly found in warm, shallow waters along the Atlantic coastline.
Examples
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The fisherman was pleased to catch a large gray flounder near the Florida coast.
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Some seafood restaurants in the southern United States feature gray flounder on their menus.
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The gray flounder is a popular fish in coastal restaurants.
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Many fishermen target gray flounders during the spring season.
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Some seafood restaurants in the southern United States feature gray flounder on their menus.
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The gray flounder is commonly found in warm, shallow waters along the Atlantic coastline.
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The fisherman was pleased to catch a large gray flounder near the Florida coast.
Synonyms
A flat fish like a flounder that lives on the sea floor from North Carolina to Florida
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a simple adjectival modifier: 'gray' (a color) + 'flounder' (a type of fish), so its meaning as a flounder that is gray or a species called the gray flounder is directly derivable from the constituents. Color + noun species names are cross-linguistically common and follow standard composition, making this immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The noun gray flounder comes from a simple picture: gray describes the fish's color and flounder is a flat fish that lies on the sea floor. So the name means 'a flat, gray fish' and is the name of the fish found along the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.
