TONGUE-FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tongue-fish mean? 

• TONGUE-FISH (noun)
  The noun TONGUE-FISH has 1 sense:

1. left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value

  Familiarity information: TONGUE-FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TONGUE-FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tongue-fish; tonguefish

Hypernyms ("tongue-fish" is a kind of...):

flatfish (any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side)

Holonyms ("tongue-fish" is a member of...):

Cynoglossidae; family Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes)