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ENGLISH SOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does English sole mean? 

ENGLISH SOLE (noun)
  The noun ENGLISH SOLE has 2 senses:

1. highly valued almost pure white fleshplay

2. popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: ENGLISH SOLE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENGLISH SOLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly valued almost pure white flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

English sole; lemon sole

Hypernyms ("English sole" is a kind of...):

fillet of sole; sole (lean flesh of any of several flatfish)

Holonyms ("English sole" is a part of...):

lemon sole; Microstomus kitt (European flatfish highly valued as food)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

English sole; lemon sole; Parophrys vitulus

Hypernyms ("English sole" is a kind of...):

sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)

Holonyms ("English sole" is a member of...):

genus Parophrys; Parophrys (a genus of Soleidae)


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