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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling a fish of the genus Pleuronectes; belonging to the Pleuronectidæ or Pleuronectoidei.
  • noun A member of the Pleuronectoidei; a pleuronectid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Pleuronectidæ, or Flounder family.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Relating to the Pleuronectidae, or flounder family.

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