PLEURONECTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pleuronectidae mean? 

• PLEURONECTIDAE (noun)
  The noun PLEURONECTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. righteye flounders

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEURONECTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Righteye flounders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pleuronectidae; Pleuronectidae

Hypernyms ("Pleuronectidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Pleuronectidae"):

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

genus Pleuronectes; Pleuronectes (type genus of the Pleuronectidae)

genus Platichthys; Platichthys (a genus of Pleuronectidae)

genus Limanda; Limanda (a genus of Pleuronectidae; righteye flounders having a humped nose and small scales; the underside is often brightly colored)

genus Pseudopleuronectes; Pseudopleuronectes; genus Microstomus; Microstomus; genus Hippoglossoides; Hippoglossoides (a genus of Pleuronectidae)

genus Hippoglossus; Hippoglossus (halibuts)

Holonyms ("Pleuronectidae" is a member of...):

Heterosomata; order Heterosomata; order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes)