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HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hippoglossus hippoglossus mean? 

HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS (noun)
  The noun HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS has 1 sense:

1. largest United States flatfishplay

  Familiarity information: HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest United States flatfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic halibut; Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Hypernyms ("Hippoglossus hippoglossus" is a kind of...):

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)


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